Originally Posted by
Tuck
Good points - I imagine that guy lives in domicile? From what I can tell, very junior pilots can trip trade into incredibly efficient trips if they want. But they will have to work - they can get the high TFP days but they are still long days and no one at SWA that I know has ever thought their last trip was a vacation or really even not come home tired....from flying days.
We have a few "vacation" trips. They generally go senior and aren't terribly efficient. The AUA, PUJ, and LIR trips come to mind. Even those have 22-23 hours off max.