Originally Posted by
Missed Appch
I don't remember exactly, but I think there were 10 lines with 17-18 days off. Keep in mind that FO's have to bid extra lines for every check airman scheduled to do IOE for the month. So even the number one FO has to bid 11 lines (assuming 10 check airman doing IOE) as they won't assign an FO to a line if a check airman gets it. It's a total crock.
Junior people who are line holders are looking at 13 days off.
There are only 10 lines with 13 days off for March. Unless you want to fly your line as awarded and do absolutely no trading, there's no reason you can't improve that to 15 days off.
I am a fairly junior DEN lineholder and have vacation this month and last month. I still managed 159 hours credit with 16 days off after picking up a couple trips. Point is, as much as productivity sucks, if you put the time in, you can have a decent schedule as a junior pilot.