Originally Posted by
DENpilot
For anyone who is curious about the schedules, let me remind them that these folks saying they're "bad", are saying so in a relative sense. The truth is Frontier is no longer a Denver-centric airline and the schedules reflect that.
Keeping in mind that April is a 30 day bid month, our schedules are pretty decent. System wide days off averages 15 days off. Denver bid packs only contain three 12 day off lines, eight 13 day off lines, sixty-six 14 day off lines. Basically if you bid in the top 60%, you are guaranteed at least half the month off. ORD is even better with NO 12 day lines and a couple 13 day lines. The top 80% line holders will have 15+ days off. It seems to me our overnights are better next month too, lots of long Punta Cana and Cancun, some 30 hour Portland and Seattle overnights.
I won't ever defend the pay here, it is atrocious. Schedules tho, are not much of a legit gripe unless you've been here for 5+ years.
I used to hold 3 on, 4 off with a total of 18 days off per month. Now
I hold a 15 or 16 day off with no idea if I'm going to be able to hold weekends off for my kids events. The schedules are bad. The head of the scheduling committee is spreading the pain across the spectrum. There is a big push to get rid of him though. They appear to be making lines to serve themselves best.
Basically seniority is dead. Which may sound petty and self serving, but everyone here is going to be senior. There is a lot of growth, so it may happen faster than we think. Who knows though. It would be nice if the junior guys had something to look forward to in regards to having more days off as you get more senior.