Originally Posted by
Rainbows
As a commuter the four days off is the trump card, the 2 of Spades if you will. The transition conflict is the Ace of Spades. The line bidding is also pretty high up there. Those three little nuggets in our contract make our work rules better than pretty much everywhere else. The rest of the contract is pretty close to everyone else, some thing's are better, some are worse. But, those guaranteed four days off, the transition conflict and line bidding put our contract up on top of the pile as far as qol goes.
Im willing to bet SWA guys probably average somewhere around 4 days off between pairings, and I doubt they have back to back 3-days, or a 4-day, followed by a 2-day. They also have some pretty rock solid trip rigs......................................and their hourly rate is significantly higher than ours.
I hit conflicts every month, and im the first one to say sell it, it requires sacrificing the entire month. Take the "cost" and put it into the rates or something that benefits all of us