PTO Cashout for Downgrades
08-06-2025 | 09:42 AM
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PTO Cashout for Downgrades
Downgrading Captains: how many hours of PTO will you sell/use at your higher payrate before the massive paycut?
Any good strategies or tips for getting the 17% vs. just getting straight pay for cashout?
Any good strategies or tips for getting the 17% vs. just getting straight pay for cashout?
08-07-2025 | 04:40 AM
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From: A320 CA
Best bet for cashing out with the 17% as far as I know, only exists if you hold a line. Find a buddy who is able to hold your trips for you, while you swap them to him/her on trade board for PTO, then take it back. Do this a few times with different trips.
I know guys who do this, but I have never done this myself. It obviously takes a trusting friend and one who has open days that match your trips. Good luck.
FWIW, I've been downgraded twice over the past 5 years, and never thought about selling PTO.
08-07-2025 | 06:36 AM
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08-07-2025 | 09:59 AM
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Selling back a few hundred before downgrade. No strategy, just cashing out. Who knows when the next upgrade will be seeing as we only have 16 on the entire system bid for 2026. After 2 of these I'm not holding my breath.
08-07-2025 | 11:15 AM
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Of all the airlines that pay pilots, this is one of them.
08-08-2025 | 03:02 AM
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