Originally Posted by
Hedley
With seniority you can tell PBS to build lower time lines (varies every month), and many do. That is the reason that junior pilots have to fly high time lines and pick up the slack. On the 737 my average is about 75 hours per month. In 2 years back on the plane I don’t think that I’ve ever been awarded more than 80. If I was junior life would be very different and I’d be flying 85-90 hr lines. We can drop to zero providing that there’s coverage, but there’s never coverage. You can trade similar trips around, but until you’re senior enough to bid productive turns that people want, flat out dropping a trip will be tough.
Been here nearly a year. Have a line. Dropping is nearly impossible, haven’t successfully done it yet and been told it doesn’t work. RSV coverage is too high so no available pickers. I am routinely getting 88-89.5 hr lines. The QOL on RSV isn’t great because a day off isn’t always a day off-total bull**** btw. Can’t adjust your schedule to fly the hrs you want. This also screws your opportunity for premium pay because too many RSV’s. The company apparently gives no cares to the QOL issues affecting the fleet and its generating problems with upgrades, basing, etc. These are my personal experiences, yours may vary.
I won’t tell you to look at another airline but if I were you I’d think carefully about it.