For me, it’s pretty important to know exactly what my month is going to look like, and have complete control over it via TTOT. I don’t like being tied down on my days off. So I don’t do well on reserve, nor do I like being on the premium list (I put myself on the list and then always turn them down or never pick up the phone - I probably drive scheduling nuts!).

So with those constraints, I’m looking at TAFB instead of block time. If I’m gone for three days, the higher the credit the better - I don’t care whether I block 5 hours or 15. I love my day trips, where I’m blocking 6.5 for about 9 hours away. Unfortunately that results in higher block times for a given monthly credit, but if I’m away from home anyway, it doesn’t bother me to be spending more of that time in the cockpit rather than a hotel (or on a DH in the back).