I looked back at my schedule since February 1st and only THREE times have I been originally scheduled with at least 3 days off in a row. TWICE during this same time frame I have been scheduled to work 5 ON-1 OFF-6 ON-1 OFF-6 ON. You are left with no choice except to call in fatigued.

Day trips are great if you are senior. You can work Monday-Wednesday with 7.5+ hrs per day and have a nice stretch of days off off every week. If you are junior, it is absolute hell because you only get the low credit day turns which often only pay around 4 hrs. You’ll work twice as hard and have lots of single days off just to get the same credit as a senior guy getting 20 days off a month.

Our terrible bidding software is one of the primary reasons that I am actively looking to leave. It’s just sad because this really could be such a great job but management just doesn’t seem interested in complying with the contract in getting an industry standard pref bid system. I don’t mind working 5-6 days in a row but I want at least 4-5 day off after doing that. Often I am lucky if I get 2 days off in a row before it starts all over again.

Perhaps life is different in one of the small bases but this has been my reality in one of the big Florida bases and I am a line holder FWIW.