You have to be willing to do what I call "blowing up my schedule", meaning I will trade a 5 day to something else, anything else that isn't a 5 day, even if if it's over days that I "need off" just to get rid of the 5 days. Even redeyes because if it's not a 5 day and then I've just cleared a day off my calendar! I have been awarded 5 day trips in Sept Oct and Nov and flew zero of them with no sick calls. I wish I was bidding against CAs because most I fly with really have no clue how to work it, the FOs in CLT for the most part know the game and make it a little harder with all the competition...but in CLT there are SOOOOOO many trips it at least makes it a little easier I guess....ok I've already said too much
