Originally Posted by
marcal
I see that monthly credit guarantees at the likes of DAL and AMR are very low(65,64). What is the likelyhood of actually getting 'only' guarantee? Is it easy to pick up extra flying for extra pay? Are the actual lines built up to more than 65 typically? Just wondering. Thanks.
At Delta, reserve guarantee is 70 hrs, so that number is just for line holders. Although a regular lineholder -could- get a 65 hr line, that would be pretty rare.
How it work is that the company picks an "average line value" - ALV for each month. It can vary from 72 (winter) or so up to 82 (summer). When PBS builds a line, they can be 7.5 hrs above or below the ALV. So if the ALV is 75 for the month (it differs for each fleet / position), PBS will build a line from 67.5 to 82.5 for each pilot. You can request to have a "minimum line" or "maximum line" if you want - PBS will try to get you in the lower half (ie, 67.5 to 75) or higher half (75 to 82.5) for that month.
Also, you can pick up trips after you get your line or you can drop trips.