Originally Posted by
elmetal
OOOk.
I have done maybe 1 redeye a month for the past 3 months, have kept 0 of my awarded trips, and just swapped a 4 day 3 days ago (well past DOT).
It's not the doom and gloom you describe
Not even close to the doom and gloom he described. I averaged 80+ hours a month on reserve. And it wasn’t because I was picking up credit on days off. That’s probably down right now as we are so fat on reserves, but that will change.
As a line holder you can work about as much as you want. It won’t always be pretty. There may be some red eyes. Last month I credited 86. This month will be 95. Or you can just take what the scheduler spits out and get 72-75.