Really? I bid about halfway up in JFK, and I've only got 11 days off. Same with most of the people on the same "page" as me on the PBS awards. Even going up two pages, you see guys with a whopping 13 days off when they were getting 16-18. Basically, we're paying the price for the company having to do all the training and shifting people around. I'm pretty sure the PBS guys did their best. We simply just don't have enough pilots where they need to be is what it looks like. I love how PBS dropped a one day trip that consists of a CLT turn in on me.....with a 6:30 am show. Gee, thanks. I don't commute or anything. It's followed by a 4 day trip.

I forsee the suck continuing for the near future as guys are pulled off the line to be trained in their new positions. December is gonna suck just as much, Jan and Feb might be a little better, and from March on, we're all gonna be hosed unless they can fire guys through the training pipeline. Look at a bunch of the guys that bid back to MEM 200 CA, and they won't even be flying the line. A lot are check airmen that were in the sim rather than commuting to DTW or JFK. I doubt they'll give that up to go sit reserve. Nice to see post merger 9E still has the same issues it's always had.

 

Of course the lines were bad, gotta make room for all the colgan guys to come in on top...

 

Exactly why we should have pushed for 12 or even 13 days off. I can't believe we had to fight among ourselves about how low we could go with people arguing they wanted to be able to only have 6 days off a month. The argument should have been whether we wanted 13 or 14 days off, instead we wasted our time trying to get less days off. We can't have our cake and eat it too. Which is it, do you want days off or do you want to work yourself into an early grave?

 

14 day off min? While we're at it, our FO and CA pay should be greater than FedEx. I mean, we work harder than those guys. Ever see them fly 20 legs in 4 days?????

 

Don't feed the troll... don't feed the troll...

 

Lines are awsome at XJ, mostly 15+ days off.

 

People like you are the ones that get bid around. You stay classy bud.

 

I am just stating the facts here Labbats but I guess in your world everything should be negative. The other question is? If you are flying an MD-80 you shouldn't even care what our lines look like MOVE ON nothing to see here.

 

XJ FO, 16 days off with sim and groundschool. But I will be on FMLA for the month, or until I get my Q classdate. I will have the holiday off!!!

 

You aren't just stating facts you're rubbing their noses in it. I haven't always flown MD80s, I used to be in the regionals and have several friends still there.