Originally Posted by
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I guess I don’t see it as entitled. I’m not trying to get sweet layovers, or commutable lines, or deadheads with lots of soft time, or trips with LCAs that get bought. I literally want to fly my MPG as quickly as possible, and go home to my family. 5 hours per day is a terrible batting average, especially when you’ve got a 89 hour month. Put me in coach. I’ll get 8 hours of block time a day if I can manage it. I’ve got 4 young kids and all I want is time with them. I’ve tried dropping and trading trips that CCS says are legal and I have yet to get a trip traded (I’m trading into open time trips or trips that other guys want to drop). I’ve used BidNav without any success (asked for low credit line, got 89 hours). Maybe this is part of the learning curve? Perhaps this is just the way it is, and my expectations of time away from work are unrealistic? I’m still trying to figure it out, but if I’m away from home 18 days a month, my wife is going to make me find a different job.
Did you think as a newhire junior LH you were right off the bat going to get a sweet 18 day off line? Yes that is normal for the upper half seniority, not the lower half (depending on how much flying your BES has). If senior guys work only 12 days, then the junior guys are going to have to work 18 days to cover what the senior guys aren't working. Just how it works.
The problem is the senior guys really want those 8 hour a day trips that you do too.
All you can do is bid as productive trips as you can and as low line value as you can, and advertise your trips. If that doesn't work for you, that means you are too junior and the only cure is seniority, period.