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How is the average line pilot getting 85 hours of pay a month with our rules. ALVs in the 70s, not a whole lot of open time, working 15+ days a month just to hit ALV (at least with the trips out west). Now if we had SWA rules with 6.0 hours min credit/DAY (means only 12 days of work for 72 hours) I could certainly see earning a lot more. Not to mention how do you make up for only 3:15/day of vacation/training. When I was hired I was told you could figure your pay by multiplying your pay rate by 1000 (in other words 1000 credit hours/year). BUT, that was back in the line of time days, trips touching for vacation (one week of vacation could turn in to three weeks off and could then pick up even more money if you wanted by picking up some more trips). Would love to know where the average line pilot is getting 85 hours (certainly not in the LAX base).
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That's news to me...and I know a lot of those guys. If so, you're right. That's an abuse. If so, I also wonder what he/she did the rest of the year? He might have taken a few months off after that kind of month.
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Just a reminder to those thinking of bidding the A-320 next bid. This is what happens frequently to them:
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I bid for 65 hours all the time. I don't however end up with 65 hours and the vast majority of pilots who get a 65 hour line also don't end up with that. I bid them because I can cherry pick open time to fill up. Love those 0 numbered rotations. They are often great deals.
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