Originally Posted by flyguy81

Left seat, can hold bottom 25% of blanks. Last summer was my first in the left seat and I could only hold rsv so VA pulls paid the min 26.25. With a blank and VA I can get 22-25 days off with a VA pull of 35-40 based on looking at friends who are same seniority who bid blanks. I've got a week of VA in June and I want the ability to elitt through summer to get days off I want/need to do summer things. Other than summer/VA months I plan on bidding rsv for awhile....if a jr lineholder gets 16-17 off and a rsv gets 15-16 off and the guarantee pay is the same to start....you'll make more on rsv as they use you and block will be lower....you just miss out on elitt and the ability to know what you're doing more than a couple days out. I live in base so I'd be bidding different if I commuted or had a drive outside of the rsv callout.