Originally Posted by AUpilot1

As a guy who bids reserve half the year myself, you are full of it! I don’t for one second believe you are flying 18 days. If you are, scheduling has it in for you. I’m way jr to you and 8-12 days working per month is pretty avg. heck, last NOV and DEC I flew 4. If you are flying 18 days on reserve, you are getting hosed and should definitely bid a line that will pay you more.

I get it, you want your cake and eat it too. You aren’t senior enough to hold weekends off on the award, so you bid reserve. I don’t have a problem with that. You do get stuck with all the slash trips on reserve because people trade out of them. I personally like them if I’m on reserve. It’s nice sitting and getting paid while on a nice layover. In my time here I have broken guarantee on reserve once, maybe twice. Reserves on our fleet just really aren’t used that much and I think you know that.

Look, if you want 5:15ACD so you can bid weekends off, that’s cool. But just know that you will be senior someday and you will be working 16 days for 84hrs. I thought a pilots dream was to always be as productive as possible and get 18-21 days off. I know that’s my goal, maybe it’s not yours.

It’s no use arguing anymore. 5:15 ACD is already a done deal. We are waisting our breath. Can’t wait to fly those 5 day trips for 5:15 per day!!