Originally Posted by
86BravoPapa
I'm having a hard time determining if there are many opportunities to pickup extra flying.
If you follow 90% of the advice you read here you will bid NB. For most of your first year your award as a NB line holder will very likely be at or near the of the line construction cap (~90 hours). If you have 12-13 days off with 85 hours of flying, do you really want more? But the short answer is yes, you will be able to fly up to your FAR limits if you want to.