Originally Posted by
Hilltopper89
I don’t understand. If he bids a high credit line he won’t be working for free at all.
If your LCF (Line construction floor) is 70 hrs and your MPG is 85.5 in a 2 week vacation month with 31 days,
You make 85.5 for a 70 hr line (some are even lower like 320 in IAH are 67.5 this month so even more extreme).
So you get paid 85.5 hrs for 70 hrs. Everything from 70-85.5 is time flown for the same 85.5 hrs of pay. IMHO that’s flying 15.5 hrs and not making one extra penny. So you fly your first 15.5 hrs for free so you can potenionally make something above 85.5 hrs.
If you only have 1 week of vacation it’s much less dramatic and if you have more than 2 weeks it’s almost impossible to get an awarded line high enough to not lose picking up trips.