Originally Posted by crewdawg

At DAL, it depends on the staffing in your category. When I bid a line, I drop my entire schedule to zero, then pick up more efficient trips. For me that means 84 to 95 hours on 12 days of actual work. Over 110 in vacations months isn't hard at all.

With a little seniority, thanks to OE trip buys and picking up (or greenslipping) over those days, I have buddies averaging 110-120 month even in non-vacation months. Recently flew with a A330 captain that had a 12 month rolling average of 164 hours/month (highest month was ~250...I actually saw his PAS that proved it). Dude is 70% in his seat, but he's hustling trying to pad his account before retirement. Point is every contract has it's niceties.