Max days off
11-13-2019 | 05:11 AM
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Line Holder
Joined: Feb 2014
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From: A320 CA
At Spirit, you can drop all your trips and get 31 days off. You won’t make any money that way though.
For simplicity’s sake, you can reasonably expect to get 5 hours of pay per day of work. Do the math with Spirit’s pay scale to see if that’s a good balance of pay and time off for you.
Also keep in mind that you have to put up with a variable period of reserve where you can’t drop reserve days. You will get 12 days off in a 30 day bid period those months and 13 off in a 31 day bid period, with a 72 hour guarantee.
For simplicity’s sake, you can reasonably expect to get 5 hours of pay per day of work. Do the math with Spirit’s pay scale to see if that’s a good balance of pay and time off for you.
Also keep in mind that you have to put up with a variable period of reserve where you can’t drop reserve days. You will get 12 days off in a 30 day bid period those months and 13 off in a 31 day bid period, with a 72 hour guarantee.
11-14-2019 | 08:02 AM
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11-14-2019 | 09:35 AM
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— No Relief On Scope —
Joined: Mar 2015
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From: B737 Left Seat
It actually had 19 off but I have two days from a transition trip in there. So my December line has 17 off with three day trips (Christmas and New Year’s Eve off) and it pays 104. Finishing up fourth year.
11-14-2019 | 06:22 PM
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At your mom's house
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: cpt 737
Plan 17 off for a line and 15 off for reserve. You'll get more off on a line but 17.3 is our average. 20 off being on the high side. There are also ways to manipulate you schedule by how you bid. Conflicts from monthly overlap help, but you can also get hosed by scheduling so you have to know what you're doing.
This month with 1 week vac and monthly overlap I got 28 days off and pay of 64. I got lucky and did some extra flying so I'll end up with 22 off and pay of 131. Best ratio I've ever had. 4 yr FO at sw
This month with 1 week vac and monthly overlap I got 28 days off and pay of 64. I got lucky and did some extra flying so I'll end up with 22 off and pay of 131. Best ratio I've ever had. 4 yr FO at sw
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