I'll hit 250 this year within 5 from the bottom in ATL. That's with Jan-Apr on the -9, a month of training in may, and half of June for IOE. No vacation sell back, 6 weeks off for knee surgery. All on reserve. The true beauty is that I've never felt more rested, I haven't worked more than 14 days, and I work only two days in December due to all they payback days they owe me.

Blanket G/S in and out of base all month every month. There were also several G/S I missed out on by just being out of position--IOW I didn't sit at home by the phone all day every day.

Live 1:20 away from ATL. 220 total hours on the 320 in 6 months.

Of course, there was one stretch where I worked 7 calendar reserve days in a row in Nov. The trips overall on the 320 are less than desirable--at least in ATL. Many 30 hour layovers. Probably more 30 hour layovers to come with the new rest rules.

I am in favor of exploring the time and a half provision over the ALV. I think it would be even smarter and safer to explore x day payback for all pilots. That has kept me sane--although when stating is so short it is hard to get the x days as they are subject to mutual concurrence (automated function often denied for capped reserve days). If we could make those payback days similar to APDs, I would likely bid reserve all the time, even if senior. The guys who make 300K worked hard for it, and are probably really tired.

Just some info from 1 perspective