Try bidding for a buildup line and see if that helps. I know the best schedule I ever got at TSA was my first month on the line that I'd bid for, when I was the number two buildup line.
A buildup line (if I remember correctly) will get the min days off & guarantee for a line holder, but it's a lot easier to build your schedule the way you want it. Plus, with RSV callout credit, you can earn more cha-ching than with a straight line. If you want to work on your reserve days, call in and have yourself placed on the call list. If not, sit around the house and enjoy being the senior guy on RSV.

 

The guys that bid for build ups aren't flying nearly as much as I am and only have a couple days of reserve thrown in. I'll take what I have, 92 hours pay better than 74.

 

Wow, things have really changed since I was there.
On a buildup line, I flew 92 hours with a credit of 100+ and a week off in the middle of the month.

 

FOs aren't flying a ton on reserve. I had to beg for flying last month. Captains are having no problems crediting over 100 hours. We have a ton of reserves on the FO side due to finishing IOE and whatnot. At the top we're loosing them to the left seat at a pretty good clip.

 

19 days off, only flying 4 3-days with xmas off and 80 hrs of credit. Love the ILIW here at Xjet.

 

Well my check for tomorrow, is $3,180.00 so I decided I am going to kill myself again for December, my 20 says off or whatever, is now down to 12, but close to 100hrs of pay and only 79 hrs of flying, so I will be looking for day trips to pick up, I like actually being able to put some money in my savings account, not to mention my $34.46 starting Dec1

I have off weekends (except for one sunday) and after the 23rd of DEC I only work the 26th and 27th, so not bad I guess, so sad I give up 20 days off for an extra few hundred bucks..........

 

A recent month of a friend's:

A four day trip, about 15 hours of flight time. Lots of time between flights picking your nose waiting for the next trip. A day to deadhead there. A day to deadhead back. One day at home, then:

A three day trip, about four hours of flight time each day, 24-hour or more sits on each overnight. 'Course you ain't paid enough to watch PPW or go out on the town.

Having scheduling screw around your schedule something fierce, and don't break min pay anyways. A week or two off while waiting for the phone to ring, spent within 2 hours of the airport and going flying (i.e. suitcase packed).

A two day trip, go somewhere an hour away. Stay the night (30 hour sit). Come back, sit at the airport for 3 hours (EWR 1-2-3 rule), get delayed another two, finally fly home.

Rinse and repeat with an occasional SAN overnight to keep things fun.

Ah, the glamorous life of the bus driver. . .

 

4 on 3 off at Horizon.