Well done! You probably don’t conflict bid, unless your bid line wasn’t high enough and you gambled with them to create a higher line or they kept the first portion you were awarded that had high leg times - it’s an art. VX/OT during vacation, another good deal if one desires trading time off for some extra clams . I disappear for nearly two months sometimes more and forget I have a job for the min guarantee so that’s the flip side (I do get restless near the end to roam globally again). Bullseye with calling out sick 3-4 times a year depending on your track record in other areas = attitude, fatigue, etc. Haven’t done the litmus test on this, but know a few who who press up to 5, but they tend to mitigate the spot light with VX/OT tactics to their benefit. It’s all recorded so YMMV.

*Regionals, Main Line, Purple, Brown, etc. - hell hath no fury like the optimizer! A recent schedule of mine had several art33 double turns drop out and replaced with multiple back to back domestic runs with min rest. Initially thought what a sweet deal being a pay protected line, but after those continuous monotonous repetitious back and forth groundhog days with boring layovers I was spent. Definitely prefer variety and I’m made for odd hour/rolling departures with longer layovers vs daily status quo salt mine flying schedules seeing nothing new (just not me, others definitely prefer it.) Don’t know how you guys did it - it’s exhausting for myself. ANC continues to kill it, good stuff right there.

**Hopefully everyone can see there’s more than one way to skin a cat here. Not black and white - definitely gray.