TLV is I believe "Threshold Line Value." Again, that might not be exactly correct, but I believe that is what TLV stands for. No matter what it is, TLV is the number of hours that the company would like you to fly. When we bid on the PBS system via Flica, the company sets a hour number that tells the system when to stop building a pilot's schedule, this is the TLV. If the TLV is 100 (which it is in many cases) the system will continue to build a pilot a line as close to 100 hours as it possibly can. Basically, every pilot is flying a lot when the TLV is this high. In Summer months, seeing a TLV in the upper 90s to 100 is common, in the Fall and some Winter months, the TLV drops into the upper 70s and mid 80s. However, our staffing model is bare bones, so regardless of the month or time of year the TLV for most FO's, regardless of base has been hovering very close to 100.

FYI-When the TLV is around 75-85, if you do want to fly more and bid for 90-100 hours, the system will respect your bid and build you a schedule to your requested number, however, if you just want to fly 75 hours and the TLV is set that low, the system will build you a 75 hour line and stop.