Originally Posted by
GordoCooper
Question: How do you pick up open time with 6 single days off in a month? Remember; $$$ isn't everything. Go back a page and even Delta agrees. I know the attack is coming, but its just a question. And for those who say its a bid problem; it is not. It is the company manipulating the schedules. There are a lot of pilots who end up with the minimum day off issue, and we aren't going to pick up open time to spend our valuable one day off at AAY.
It gets picked up somehow, given open time seems to disappear pretty quickly. Also, I'm pretty sure there are people who are willing to accept picking up a Monday open trip to actually make some money, knowing they probably won't get called on their reserve days Tues/Wed.