Before anyone pipes up about why I am not putting this in the ALPA boards... I did. This gets more press however.
I've talked to quite a few people who think its a good idea, and I finally got off my a$$ to actually post it.
To me one of the biggest things we will lose with PBS is time. Specifically vacation, which we all know we can do a bunch of things to turn a week into almost two. Why not lead in and lead out days? Like 3 on each side? That would give us a buffer so that PBS won't create a schedule that stops on your first day of vacation, and starts at the end of your last. I think Netjets has a system like that. I really don't think it would be much of a change for the company because, like I said earlier, we can pretty much get that time now if we want to. Either be it by bidding a trip where the days off give you more time, or bidding reserve GDOs so that they give you the time off.
I don't know about you all, but I'm not going to be voting for PBS unless we get something worthwhile in return. This would be a big step in the right direction for me.
Thoughts?
I've talked to quite a few people who think its a good idea, and I finally got off my a$$ to actually post it.
To me one of the biggest things we will lose with PBS is time. Specifically vacation, which we all know we can do a bunch of things to turn a week into almost two. Why not lead in and lead out days? Like 3 on each side? That would give us a buffer so that PBS won't create a schedule that stops on your first day of vacation, and starts at the end of your last. I think Netjets has a system like that. I really don't think it would be much of a change for the company because, like I said earlier, we can pretty much get that time now if we want to. Either be it by bidding a trip where the days off give you more time, or bidding reserve GDOs so that they give you the time off.
I don't know about you all, but I'm not going to be voting for PBS unless we get something worthwhile in return. This would be a big step in the right direction for me.
Thoughts?