Originally Posted by CrewDog98

Quick (I.e. sloppy) math says 13 fly days (3 1/7s) times the reserve pay of 4 hours is 52 a month. So if you actually block 13 ‘real’ hours in 16 days, you’ll break guarantee; that is roughly the minimum trip to and fro Europe (BLG to DOV with tailwinds). So pretty good chance you’ll break on the 744 even when the flying is thin.

I flew icky old Turkish this month and hit 91... zero complaints, except for the tomato and cheese sandwiches.

Dear God, tomato and cheese sandwiches now haunt my nightmares.