PBS
03-18-2017, 05:15 PM
#11
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....or read the instruction manual. I will read it to anyone junior to me for $3 and two beers.
Last edited by pokey9554; 03-18-2017 at 05:23 PM. Reason: Rescinded offer from anyone to anyone junior to me.
03-18-2017, 09:18 PM
#13
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Why pay again for PBS? We already "pay" since we could have had a better PBS, but we got something in the contract to keep this POS. Having to "pay" again for someone to help sharp shoot the system isn't how it should work.
03-18-2017, 10:15 PM
#14
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A software system that requires a 24hr hotline is a fail. And unacceptable.
03-19-2017, 02:31 AM
#16
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The other option is read the PBS manual, it's all in there.
03-19-2017, 06:24 AM
#17
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The fact that it requires a thick manual certainly says something negative about the systems opacity and gymnastics required to successfully use the program. After all, we live in a time when smart phone apps are immediately intuitive and require minimal input. Yet many of them contain complex programs. Our previous (also crappy PBS) system was much easier to use and didn't require either a hotline or Prefbid.
To think that we used to bid lines of flying AND enjoy both the big dump and vacation override! I'd wager that the average line pilot now flies 20-24 more days per year, at least. What else can we give away for pennies on the dollar?
Don't like it? Read the manual.
Don't like it? Don't be junior on your equipment.
Don't like it? Quit.
What great solutions.
To think that we used to bid lines of flying AND enjoy both the big dump and vacation override! I'd wager that the average line pilot now flies 20-24 more days per year, at least. What else can we give away for pennies on the dollar?
Don't like it? Read the manual.
Don't like it? Don't be junior on your equipment.
Don't like it? Quit.
What great solutions.
Last edited by oldmako; 03-19-2017 at 06:36 AM.
03-19-2017, 07:56 AM
#19
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Joined APC: Oct 2006
Posts: 439
You want a simpler PBS you will get less flexibility. It is your quality of life that you leave on the table by not taking the the time to learn something as important as your schedule. Hard to justify you want the results sooner because it affects your quality of life, yet you will not use the resources to learn the system to improve your quality of work/life.
You have all kinds of tools available to get help, if you want it.
03-19-2017, 08:01 AM
#20
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Position: Cessna 150
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2. Is mostly out of your control.
3. Doesn't help you.
Like many things in life, you get out of it what you put in.
El10 nailed it.
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