Originally Posted by Cougs

I’m new guy with United at a junior base on the 73.

What I want to know is: outside of Covid, what is considered normal for days off and nights home per month? How can I maximize my time off and my nights at home, especially as a junior guy? My SWA buddies on average work 20% fewer days (13 days per month) and are only gone 8-10 nights per month. I think my wife would be happy with a schedule like that. Is this realistic at all and can I control my line to get right around MPG? The bid packets I’ve seen have mostly 14 off days, with very few getting 17 or more days off. The average nights away seems to be 12, which is the biggest issue for my wife. I told my wife that January would be better, and then I got another 89 hour line with only 13 days off. (For now, let’s take WB off the table. I sleep like crap and can’t take a nap to save my life.). I was always led to believe that it was normal to fly 12-14 days per month and have 16-18 days off per month, but my experience is that those numbers have been flipped. I’m not sure if that is COVID, United, or something else.