Originally Posted by tunes

12,203 GS, 150 IAs, 4 GSWC, nope, no staffing issue here.

Originally Posted by Buck Rogers

GS are VOLUNTARY....to me , spot on

All any pilot can block in a year is 1000 hrs....that is 83 hours a month....so 3x4 day trips at 26 hrs per trip=72 hrs in 12 days...and throw in another 2 day...puts you at 14 days and 83 hours. You tell any military pilot that he only has to work 14 days a month and they would be ecstatic....(prolly the RJ guys too)

26 hours per 4 day trip is a bit generous in anything with less than 4 pilots in the cockpit. Aren't most domestic 4 day trips worth something in the low 20s?

Any narrow body capt that is worn out....it's kinda your choice...we do have positions called WB FO....they do the international flying...you know the 1 leg stuff over the pond...nap for 4-5 hours, fly 4-5 hours....10-14 hrs block with 1/2 being dozing for $$$$.
Even 75/76 trips are fairly benign.

Please do not promote this publicly, there are pilots senior to me who may read this!!

But don't let me put a damper on pilot's favorite past time....gotta run, phone's ringing.....ARCOS on the line offering my 8th GS.....

Greedy BA$$+4RD, were getting less than 1 GS per pilot per month and you are taking 8. I guess some of us will be forced into enjoying our days off. I think I'll use my time off to complain about working too much.

Damn...management makes me work to hard!!!!