Originally Posted by
QRH Bingo
What a novel idea, I should try that.
I get the whole forced upgrade thing, but you have made it sound like you are intentionally picking up trips and flying on your days off. That is different than flying your awarded line and reaching upgrade time whenever it comes.
Yes, I do pick up on my off days. If I stop that, that wouldn’t help very much.
Average awarded 80 hour/month line: 1000/80 = 12.5 months
My average with picking up extra of 92 hour/month: 1000/92 = 10.8 months
Statistically, not picking up extra trips wouldn’t serve me very well. It wouldn’t allow me to see a whole other year. Sure, bid reserve to not fly, but that’s a big negative for me. Dropping trips isn’t all too easy either. You often see people having to put money incentive for people to pick up their trips.