Originally Posted by
MoosePileit
5.5 credit hours per pay period of 28 days, 13 each year.
You can sell down to 148 minimum or a number that jumps up 10 hours per year.
148/75 credit guarentee per 28 day pay period is about 56 days of sick. One could sell about a pay period, in theory.
You can sell down to 148 or continue accruing up to 208, the max allowed under the 2016 CBA, your choice, but anything over 208 as of the end of the November bid period gets paid out in December.
The trip board can be beneficial as long as you know what you are doing. Say you have a line that has 65 hr credit…you still get paid guarantee of 75. You have what is called a 10 hour line buffer. Now you post a trip that has a 20 hour credit and someone picks it up, if you want to get back to 75 hours, you not only have to pick up something for 20 hours, you also have to “make up” the 10 hour buffer, so if you drop 20 hour trip, you will need 30 hours pickup to get back to 75 credit. Most people colloquially call this flying for free.