Originally Posted by
Thedude86
If you need specific days off then PSA’s SAP is a great tool. The difference though, at other places you can still get 16-18 days off a month and credit 10-20 more hours a month while doing so.
I don’t give a lot of positive feedback when it comes to PSA, but I would have to say the Piedmont guys and gals have it much worse than we do. I would advise you to read their threads if you’re thinking about going there. I’ve read even their most senior pilots are only getting 11 and 12 days off a month while only crediting around 75 hours.
I agree living in base is huge, but as I said earlier you can go to lots of other places and get 16-18 days off with more credit and higher pay rates on top of that. I don’t think I’d be ok with driving to work if it meant I had to be gone from home an extra week each and every month.
What are these other airlines that have 16 days off? I really don’t even care about the additional credit, and would definitely commute if it was feasible to do so and have that amount of time at home.