There's been a lot of talk going on about the 29/7. On one hand it gives you another way of getting a conflict but on the other it lowers your days off and caps your block every week, therefor capping credit. We shouldn't need a great JM to get some great credit.

The big discussion has been how do we make work more efficient? Trip averaging at 4.5 hours is killing us. 18 hour four days? You should be able to block 30 hours in 6 days with credit of 35 or more. Yes, it means the company would actually make us fly then sit in a hotel. Give us industry standard wages with 5.5 per calendar day and 15 days off a month is over 200k per year ($200 per hour, probably below industry standard still). That's enough for the family guys to be home and the single guys to make bank if they want to work more, right?

On a side note, all redeye turns would be worth 11 hours. Solves the night override problem too. But that's a pipe dream.

Give us that kind of pay and 15% 401k DC and you're looking at 45k a year in retirement if you contribute.