Steveair
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- May 15, 2004
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PBS is hands down better! First of all you don't have to spend hours going through lines and pairings. It would take forever to shift through all the lines in the past. With PBS you have the chance to not have such a monotone schedule. You can work a combo of different trips instead of having to do the same trip every week. You get to meet a lot more crews since you don't fly with the same person all month.
You are on reserve a lot less under PBS. You get as much if not more days off than you did under the old system. Basically your senority gets you a lot more with PBS than it does with hard lines. Its a no brainer really. I spend about 30-40 minutes setting up my bid on PBS. its easy as pie. To go through all the hardlines can take a lot longer than that unless your quite senior.
For the most part you get to write your own line instead of bidding on one that is already made for you. You choose the credit, you choose what days off you want and usually you are able to get it too. Based on this its actually hardlines that suck! Hey I guess if you like living in a time warp doing the same trip over and over each month working with the same crews over and over then you might miss it.
What are you smoking? Going through pairings in line packets killed time flying. Now I have to spend time more time on the computer to no avail. You were at least guaranteed to get a set schedule THAT YOUR SENIORITY COULD HOLD. PBS, I can't hold anything that I was. 2 day trips are a dream now. Weekends off or weekend day), no chance even with crappy trips. Trying to get one day off for a wedding or something... don't bid for it because it's the last thing you'll get. Death to PBS. I'd say 30% of people like PBS and they're all really senior. There are a few junior people that like it but they don't know any better or weren't around long enough to get a good schedule. Seniority means JACK with PBS.
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