Originally Posted by
Scoop
Exactly. I bid in the top 5% of my category and try this about every other month and even then I aim for around 120 hours but it is a lot of work.
If guys want to do this every month I say great for them. Even junior Pilots are now routinely getting 2 GS a month in a lot of categories.
Most importantly - my category is probably typical and has seen multiple OOBGS, GS with Conflict and assignments. If the company was manned properly FOs would not be able to credit 100+ hour months routinely - even with LCA bidding.
Scoop
I'm thinking it should be easy for top 5%er. Buddy bid a LCA and get most if not all your trips dropped. That'll put you at the GS trigger without flying a single trip. Put in a blanket GS and fly 75 hours of GSs. That'll put you at 225 for flying 75 hours.
Guess the trick is knowing which LCA are being used the most.