Originally Posted by Tornado875

At every airline on the planet they need a certain number of pilots to work on Christmas. Lets say 500. At every other airline there are going to be more people that want that day off than are able to get it off. At most other airlines the pilots who want that day off bid it and can either hold it off or cannot and go to work. And yet at Spirit because you are able to trade trips around better than others that somehow means no one who wants a holiday off has to work on a holiday? It literally doesn't matter if the way a pilot is forced to fly on a holiday is determined by bidding, reserves coverage, trip swapping, a lottery, a singing contest, or a gladiatorial fight to the death. The fact is those trips have to be covered, and there will always be more people who want those days off then can get them. How is that math so difficult? I like Spirits DTZ and grid rules, but some of you deny the math behind holiday coverage, and act like everyone else is crazy, and it drives me insane.