PBS

When mangement came to us and floated the PBS scheme they were out to obtain three things:
1.Greater efficiency
2.Later line closings and so more flexibility
3. Relief from month end staffing issues
They handed us PBS because it was (to them) slightly manpower positive, but this was in my view, inconsequential.

ALPA saw it as yet ANOTHER way to cater to its seniority based obsession, by making life supposedly better for senior pilots. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that junior pilots would pay. Nobody knew how dear, at the time, that price would be. We do now.
We like to pontificate about the value of QOL issues in the contract. Well how about this: I consider PBS to be the most onerous infraction on my QOL out of all the issues we have had to deal with here at United. Including the bankruptcy. I have no control over my schedule whatsoever. Why? The natural balancing of line construction is now dissolved, an enormous amount of choice is given to pilots senior in seat, and of course, the rest of us pay. Thank you ALPA for hammering yet another nail into your own coffin.
Q:Why is the rescinding of PBS not part of the QOL discussion right now?
A: It doesn't not suit seniority obsessed pilots.
For those of you who are senior, and will retire senior, I understand, COMPLETELY, why you would discount my view.
For those of you who are younger, junior, and expecting to be senior at some point (and so are compliant in this selective catering):
You.
Will.
Get.
Yours.
What goes around comes around. Believe it.