Originally Posted by
Omnivorous
Can any CPers provide some general examples of typical pairings? Block times for four days, three days, two days? Does either base tend to boast certain types of trips or trip lengths? What do typical report and release times look like?
How far down does the PBS "reach" with respect to decent lines?
Agree with what was said above. MSP has a lot of 1-4 day trips. DTW is a smaller base, so there are less of each there. There's a lot of commutable trips (don't have numbers but I'd say more than half), and many are productive. Everything from 28/29 hour 4 days (generally one end is not commutable) to 20-25 hour commutable 4-days. Fair amount of three days, but those seem to be un commutable on one end if they're worth 20+ hours.
On the flip side, we do still have 4-day trips with 30 hour layovers that are worth 18-21 hours, but those are the minority. Same goes for 3 day trips that are worth 12-15 hours.
Overall, the trips are pretty good. PBS is good to the senior guys (16-19 days off), but can be harsh on the junior folks (11-13 days off). It all depends on the block hours for the month.