One thing to keep in mind - almost ALL the negatives of PBS are not an artifact of PBS.
The company builds the pairings, PBS or no PBS.
The company builds the lines. There is nothing to stop them building the lines with things like max FARs, min. time off etc. It's more transparent when they do that with regular lines instead of PBS, but they can do it none the less.
So the significant differences (as far as I can tell):
- no integration - I'm not sure why that would be a negative to people.
- lines built around vacation and training - I do see how "clever" "manipulation" of the line bidding process can get a more time off. On the other hand it can also lead to a loss of pay - which for some people is a bad thing.
- senior is better - which is just sort of one of those things - when you signed up you signed up for a seniority system - it's like complaining one of your classmates made captain before you because of the last digit of their social security number - it is what it is.
The company builds the pairings, PBS or no PBS.
The company builds the lines. There is nothing to stop them building the lines with things like max FARs, min. time off etc. It's more transparent when they do that with regular lines instead of PBS, but they can do it none the less.
So the significant differences (as far as I can tell):
- no integration - I'm not sure why that would be a negative to people.
- lines built around vacation and training - I do see how "clever" "manipulation" of the line bidding process can get a more time off. On the other hand it can also lead to a loss of pay - which for some people is a bad thing.
- senior is better - which is just sort of one of those things - when you signed up you signed up for a seniority system - it's like complaining one of your classmates made captain before you because of the last digit of their social security number - it is what it is.