Thread drift danger.....

I have seen a SKW schedule and it was good. DEN based crew. 4-day trip. Commutable on both ends of if you live in base have half a day at home before and after the trip. There you have it.

I jumpseated on a Shuttle America flight a couple weeks to from ORD-ORF and talked to the crew there. They have preferential bidding. The F/O was about a 2 year F/O and the captain has been there about 7 years. Both are CMH based. Both of their schedules would blow ours out of the water. (By 'ours' I mean AWAC). The captain (admittedly senior) said he averages about 16 or 17 days off per month. I don't know about commutability for him. But even the F/O, with medium seniority, had nothing really to complain about, also getting decent off days and respectable trips.

I too am curious about pref bidding.......

Let's hear it from pilots who are affected by it.