I'm not going a good job of explaining myself. Days off are distributed throughout the month. If the senior pilot of at the end of the month, the junior pilot is off at the beginning. What you're describing doesn't work. Senior pilots get no benefit from bidding off in the second half, if there is flying throughout the month.

Having week-ends off: that does work. But then again, having week-ends off works with or without buckets.

Can't do this discussion justive right now, though. Gotta go. You guys take it easy.