Originally Posted by
Scoop
Wow the February bid packages have been out for hours and no complaints about additional domestic categories that have 5 day trips.
FWIW - For LAX 73N there are more than I thought, and they pay from about 27-31 hours. Not too bad for a commuter.
Once I get the DA quirk fixed I can perform a more in depth analysis.
Scoop
I'm just starting to look. The five day trips on ATL717, 9% of total trips (14% of hours) , equal the % of 3 day trips. About half the flying is 4 days and the rest are 1 and 2 day trips. Now I don't know what's really commutable since that's up to one's personal interpretation but if you said starts after noon and ends before 10 then I think 18% of the trips are not commutable on both sides. They are all at least commutable on one side.
I don't see any 20+ leg trips. Mostly 12-16 legs. About 52% are credit 27 hours or less. About 15% exceed 28 hours. 5% exceed 29.
I only counted one trip with zero credit. The rest range from 6-10 hours of credit, many have 12, one 5 day had only 10 hours of block on 27 hours of pay.