No, David Ray was abruptly terminated in 2005 or 2006 if memory serves.

Danny Looney left in 1999 or 2000, again if I recall. Last I heard, he was still at Sky King, in some capacity.


The longest block they put on your bid line is 16 days consecutive, travel inclusive. But that entire time must be spent internationally, with tickets to and from home.

11 days consecutive is the max you can have on your line if they want you to do any domestic duty. We are not home based, but better than 50% of the time you will receive travel from home to your flight assignment. I'd say less than 20% live in RFD or within the reserve call out distance to RFD, the rest are all commuters.

Our 767 lines usually consist of 1/3 of the lines being essentially a week on/week off, another 1/3 are 9 days on/10 days off, and the last 1/3 have a 16 day block in them, generally with a long block of days off in the other half of the bid. So you can kind of pick the type of line you want, if your seniority allows it. The maximum number of days on a line can have is 28 out of 56 day bid periods. As an example, this bid, my line is built to nearly 30 hours over guarantee and has 36 days off out of 56.

They do have the option to extend you up to 3 days, it's at 130%, or 150% if it's your second, or beyond, extension in a bid period, and all that time is above guarantee whether you've met the guarantee or not. Extensions are not uncommon, but not regular either. I've only been extended 1 time in the last 18 months that I can recall.