Combined UAL/CAL may use CAL PBS bidding
12-20-2010, 03:17 PM
#51
Need More Callouts
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In DEC, a LOT of pilots got ROYALLY SCREWED thanks to this POS we call PBS. I bid for ONLY lines.........but ended up on reserve, while 5 guys JUNIOR to me got lines (some as high as 89 hours of nothing but mid-body trans-cons and three more days off than me). I had a week of vacation and three days blocked for my PC........and three of the guys junior had vacations too (two had the XMAS week off), yet PBS couldn't "build me a line". The most junior lineholder didn't even bid for a line and didn't WANT a line, but was awarded one. So tell me, what kind of garbage is that? These guys are given a life, make more money, and can trade for trips they want, while more senior guys are getting SCREWED by being put on reserve. ANY TA/JCBA will be voted down by me with PBS in it.
Too bad more of us didn't read the fine print when we voted on this POS way back when
12-20-2010, 04:41 PM
#52
HOSED BY PBS AGAIN
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12-20-2010, 04:56 PM
#53
Need More Callouts
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Not throwing stones here but even the most uninformed Pilot could see that it was a big f'ing mistake to vote for it. Yes the crummy Union types running the show at that time endorsed it but even my small brain saw how absolutely unnecessary and ridiculous it was.
For those of you non-CAL types, our current contract had a big blank PBS section with a To Be Determined disclaimer in it. Who in their right mind would ever sign a contract that had large gaping blank sections in it?
12-20-2010, 06:09 PM
#54
Keep Calm Chive ON
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Not throwing stones here but even the most uninformed Pilot could see that it was a big f'ing mistake to vote for it. Yes the crummy Union types running the show at that time endorsed it but even my small brain saw how absolutely unnecessary and ridiculous it was.
For those of you non-CAL types, our current contract had a big blank PBS section with a To Be Determined disclaimer in it. Who in their right mind would ever sign a contract that had large gaping blank sections in it?
For those of you non-CAL types, our current contract had a big blank PBS section with a To Be Determined disclaimer in it. Who in their right mind would ever sign a contract that had large gaping blank sections in it?
I have YET to fly with ANYONE who was part of that 57%.....or at least admitted that they voted that POS in.
That whole process was miles South of pathetic.
12-21-2010, 07:29 AM
#55
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2008
Position: 737 CAPT
Posts: 1,905
I've said the same thing since being here: if 57% of this pilot group voted this garbage in, how come I haven't flown with any one of them yet? Buyer's remorse I guess.
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