The collapse accelerates. See you guys on one of our hundreds of 11 day off lines (9 days off after JMs and denied return days).

Even lateral moves to regionals that are dying slower are starting to make sense if QOL is a priority lmao

March is a 30 day bid month. That tends to lower average days off but across the board average credit is way up for the month as well.

How many days was January and February?

how do you feel about people who intentionally paint a false picture of sunshine and roses and personally attack anyone who says differently? Does that paint envoy in a good light?

December to April all are 30 day bid months (leap year February ends up with 31). Why they make November 31 days and December 30 just goes to show that Envoy likes forcing square pegs into round holes.

Based on union numbers I’ve seen, March is definitely lower average days off. The slightly higher average credit doesn’t completely make up for that when compared to January. I’m thinking they are trying to cram flying into overall fewer lines to try and bump up the reserve count a few more bodies, but that’s just a guess.

In my earlier post I said March credit was “way” up. It IS up, but only slightly. After looking at the numbers a little closer “way” up isn’t really the case.

The beatings will continue until morale improves…

My point was that I've heard it said by people "it's a 30 day bid month" as though it's abnormal and thus explains whatever problem someone is complaining about. Heard it from pilots, from company, from union. But just more than half of our months are 30 day bid months. It's the norm, not the aberration.

I think it works out to seven 30 day months and five 31 day months (except leap year with six and six) but it does tend to affect the averages.
Specifically, if the average is four hours per day, a thirty one day month will average 4 extra hours or one extra day off.

I get that it effects the averages. Just pointing out 30 day months are more normal than not. It's not an aberration. If anything, the 31 day months are the non-normal.

Since you don't work here anymore, how do you feel about that flow moving right along now? Could have been at AA in short order but instead you decided you knew better. I'll ask the guy that was one number junior to you to wave to you from his AA cockpit.

“Siri, remind me in ten years to ask some guy to wave”