Skywest Pylot
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I'm amazed that people are acting suprised about this. People have been on here warning you that pairing construction would probably change under PBS. I'm also quite sure that they aren't done figuring out the many ways that they can spread the hurt with pairing manipulation under PBS.
I'm saying the pilots will vote for whatever the union sells and management will bribe the union what to sell.
Ditto..
People have been bitching about me here for a while, but this is verbatim what I said would happen. I hate it, for all of us, but we are finding out what "reasonable" and "efficient" means to our company.
-We are screwed, for a very long time, unless we really grow some balls in this JCBA. We really need to face the fact that our company will never "be nice" and never learn to "play ball."
If they run this system with these pairings, we will see how pissed people can get. I say we should let it happen for a month, and everyone will be able to experience the full effect of this wonderful agreement.
Line bid schedules would be just as bad! It's the pairings, not the method of bidding. We would just see all the lines pre built into 75 hrs at min days off. The solution is to get better pairings or up the min day to 5 hrs to motivate them to make better trips.
You're right, but I think the company's hands are tied due to the ATL 200 flying they're give by Delta. Just finished a 4 day trip with NO flights over 400 miles that included a 6 leg day. When I hear of my co workers on the 70 doing ATL-MTJ or DTW-JAX and crediting 27hrs on their 4 day after overblock, a tear comes to my eyes...
These bad pairings are not a function of PBS...they are a function of bad pairings. In other words, PBS is NOT to blame. If they wanted to make bad schedules, they would have MORE control through line bidding than with PBS. That is the universal statement that applies here that we need to remember....not matter what the problem, line bidding gives the company MORE control, NOT LESS.
Yes I am angry, but PBS is not the problem. For the last few years, the company has been dropping the line values this time of year...its nothing new. I truly feel that the company does not fully understand this system, and in the end, they are shooting themselves in the foot by doing this.
Its clear we need more input into pairing construction, but be careful what you wish for in terms of duty rigs, high min days, high trip rigs....those things are good but can have undesirable consiquences.