Originally Posted by
1234
For a pilot to get 130 hours with three weeks of vacation, they would have to work 10 days (assuming a 31 day month) and that carry over trip must be worth a minimum of 6.7 average daily credit since our vacation is only worth a measly 3 hrs per day (another thing that needs to be fixed, no reason it shouldn't be worth a min day of 5:15). I can't believe that there are that many trips which meet this criteria.
Also, regarding this carryover issue and it relating to wide-bodies:
1. What is the problem?
2. How many pilots does this really impact?
3. What is the solution?
You are correct that there are very few trips that allow this. Its really not much of a issue. It is however possible to build a big month with a long carry over trip because all credit is paid at the end of the trip. If you bid a 13 day trip worth 80 hours and it flies 9 days in the current month and then works days 1-3 in the follow on month its quite possible to get 35 to 50 hours pay for the 3 days in that month depending on how much credit is in the trip.