Originally Posted by woog315

You're right about the whipsaw, but you're wrong about everything else. We have trip trades... both with other pilots and from whatever is in open time. We have the ability to drop trips using the trip bank system. I dunno where you got your info, this stuff all existed in the old contract also. R1s are not 12 hours anymore, I'll let someone else chime in on exactly how long they are because I dont do them but they aren't 12 hours. The new contract is 14 days off per month, so some months are 16 on and some are 17 on (30 day months vs 31 day months). There are better jobs and there are worse jobs out there. I've been here almost 5 years and I enjoy it for what it is.