You'll hear different responses. People say PBS works great and others say the oposite. I tend to find that the last group does not know how to use PBS.
We are currently undercrewed. The fast expansion and lots of dead head flights really puts a strain on the resources. This month, and I suspect coming months too, PBS has given many people strange rosters. Unusual allocated flights and denied requested days off. Fundamentally the system is aimed at allocating work. Since we're undercrewed there is too little room to grand all requests and you end up with unusual dead heads or a 3AM Muscat report.
@arcdu. I'm a mid level f/o. I've got;
85 block hrs
10 Off days (2 single day offs of which 1 has a preceeding day finish at 2AM and a 9PM start the following day)
1 STBY. (I'll consider this a day off due max hours already)
18 flight days
0 requested days off granted. (Now missing family holiday)
2 full night flights (1 requested)
1 night dead head to finish at 11AM
2 starts before 6AM. (1 due swap)
1 two day nightstop trip. (Swap as I like those)
1 finish around 2AM
4 long day flights (3 requested)
1 four sector day. (Usually do 1 of those every 3 months)
Only 5 requested bids were granted. Other 13 flight days are a mystery to me.
Last edited by High Energy; 17th Oct 2014 at 06:54.