Originally Posted by Avroman

The most days off at Mesaba on reserve without vacation is 12 (by bidding into conflict, 7 consecutive days). That will change to 11 in August with PBS since the computer won't allow for bidding into conflict. Right now I've never seen a reserve line built with more than 4 off in a row. After PBS starts, who knows. After the final lines come out you can try to trade days around to give yourself a longer stretch off. But then you'd put yourself into a 6 on 1 off 6 on, ect then have 7 or 8 off in a row once a month. I'm going to go out on a limb and say you'll be ready to move to base within a few months of doing that.