Originally Posted by
Ottolillienthal
While vacation pay does go up, it doesn't break you even on a trip.
vacation should allow you to at least leave work for a week without having to pick up a trip to make up the difference.
The wide body pilots all fly 25 plus hour productive 3 day trips. An entire week of vacation doesn't allow you to stay home or go on vacation without losing money.
Why is that?
I have got to change airlines! Your widebody guys ALL fly 25 hour plus 3 day trips???? Thats amazing schedules. Can't be done domestic and there are only a few international routes over 12 doubled crewed that might do that. Do you have incredible duty rigs for the widebodies or is there something else I am missing that allows them ALL such great trips?