Originally Posted by
HiFly5
I have a different question on credit.
At my current shop, I am able to credit 130-200 hours on a regular basis. I do have to drop down to 10 days off to do that though. Bidding about 50% FO.
in comparison, how much credit could a Junior reservist or line holder look credit if trying to push it? Is block time a limitation (100 hrs)? Max credit, min days off.
Im sure this question has been asked before, but can’t find any recent info.
Thanks!
It really depends but it's not as easy as it was at my previous airline. Straight pay on most NB fleets is 5.15 per day and the max pick up limit is the Average Line Value (generally between 70-85) + 15. As a junior pilot, you can get GS(2x pay) fleet depending but I would say not to expect more than one a month at most outside of summer months. You can buddy swap off the pilot to pilot swap board above the ALV+15 limit but I don't know how easy it is to make stuff fit in your days off. Most trips on there after the first few days after schedules are published are 4-5 days.
For the boo birds, yes I know some guys do it and yes I know it's possible for a junior guy to make bank. Just explaining that it's time of year, base and equipment dependent.