I was starting to think I was crazy. Thank you welcometoben for bringing some sanity to the argument!

I love hearing about how easy it is to just pick up or trade into a conflict if you don't get a line the gets you one and then also sets you up for one the next month. THERE IS NO OPEN TIME AT THE END OF THE MONTH UNTIL NEXT MONTHS LINES ARE AWARDED! They hold it all back. How about Halloween this month? None of you have small kids? You sacrifice building those priceless memories just for a conflict at the beginning of Novemeber? I guess not only are you getting the nonexistent open time at the end of the month but you also get the trips that end early enough to get home for trick or treating. If you are bidding conflicts for time off its awesome. If you bid it for extra money like I do it's a complete racket just to make what I should be making already. Make sure you never have anything important going on during the last week or first week of the month. I swear some just don't see the forest for the trees.

For the record I make as much or more than my buddy with the exact same longevity at united but I'm tied to flica and sacrifice countless important events to get conflicts as much as possible. Shiit I'm afraid to leave town for a couple days for fear I may miss out on a sweet jrm call or even better, a jrm with release of something else. It's not sustainable long term.

I think this whole argument got started because a would be applicant wanted to know how much they could actually make. So yes it's possible to credit over 100hrs a month consistently if you live in base. I do it and it's exhausting. 174hrs? That is one guy in one seat in one base that is probably breaking the contract if it's happening to him more than once a year. Point is, count on getting a line worth 72-78hrs and if you don't mind working on a couple days off (assuming you are a line holder that can legally pick up open time) you can probably get to 85-90hrs easily.