Originally Posted by
Lakeaffect
And if it drops your trip in the previous month now you’re stuck working over the transition period with a possible 12-13 day off line that you maybe only bid for the conflict. Still pretty cool, it’s free money, but it’s no garuntee that you’re gonna start your month with 19-22 days off.
Exactly. It’s been nice language to have especially with line bidding and our garbage pay rates but it certainly isn’t something you can rely on month to month unless you completely turn your life over to the transition gods (crew planning) for the first and last week of every month. I utilized it a fair amount as a senior FO and it’s exhausting. Another downside to playing the transition game every month is that you then have to rely on IOT and DOT to clean the rest of your schedule up and hopefully get the days off you need. This results in not knowing your final schedule most times until 3-5 days before the beginning of the month which is maddening if you have a family. All this just to game the system so you can bump up your credit a bit every month and still be severely underpaid. No thanks. I’d rather just bid for the days off I need and make what I should be making at ~72 credit.