Originally Posted by
elmetal
k. you're a bid king.
You'll see on a bad month or a short staffed month that it doesn't matter what you bid. you're working what they say, and when someone junior to you gets that 30 hr HLN or that 28 hour 4 day that you wanted with absolutely no reason why you didn't get it, you'll understand.
oh and for whoever mentioned usertime, we accrue at the same exact rate as any other company employee. Which sounds nice and fair you say yeah? Except we accrue based on credit hours, meanwhile CS and any other HQ person gets it for 40 hours a week, not 90 a month
How many days off does a 40/week laborer get? Lets say they work M-F every week, its roughly 8 days a month. Crew support is also being paid less than a first officer to deal with a job that nobody really wants. So even accruing user time faster does not mean they are getting more time away from work.
Since you said bottom line holders get 11 days off in DTW, compared to a M-F 40 hour laborer, they still get 36 more days off per year. Over a month more time away from work over the course of a year.
Plus pilots have the option to drop trips. Sometimes that isn't going to work out, but I am pretty sure crew support can't say, yeah I will just try dropping these days. And I am pretty sure that crew support does not get displaced for IOE.
I have bad news for you. Life ain't fair.