Originally Posted by
DeadHead
I never really understand how the bow wave worked. When would the extra accumulated timed be paid out? Or was it just credited out as extra vacation time when a pilot had it scheduled?
As I understand it, the "bow wave" went into a bank, then in another month when you flew under 75, it would boost up your time to reach 75. Or when you retired. So there was little incentive to fly above 75 unless you wanted part of another month off.