Very interesting. I started to do the math to show how it couldn't be done but the math says its very doable.

If they fly to pickup limit every month it will average out to 90 hours/month which means they need roughly 8 days worth of GS every single month to get to 172 hours. That's $336k + $16k excess DC. Now if you add in another 15% PS then they're right at $400k (assuming they made the same $336k last year, probably a little generous since manning was better).

So to get to PU limit they're working 17 days, obviously a few of these will be 2-day 2-leg easy trips so not the end of the world. Add in the 8 days of GS and they're working 25 days a month, that's quite a bit of work, it can be done but most guys aren't going to want to work that much. I did RT in the spring/summer of '16 and averaged 180 hours (at $99/hour!) working about 20 days each month for 6 months so I know it's doable when manning is really bad. These days I come home from a 3 day trip and I'm usually exhausted, I don't think I could sustain 25 days a month for an entire year -- maybe if those 17 days of getting to the PU limit are entirely high credit 2 and 3 day trips with 2-3 total legs but only low single digit seniority % in category will be able to swing that. If they get rerouted enough then they might be able to shave a day or two off each month on average and still hit $400k.