I'm 90+% 330B and was off from a few days prior to Christmas through a few days past the new year (had to bid a line to do it). Maybe more lucky than good, but I'll take it. Reserve coverage has generally allowed to me to freely move my reserve days or drop my entire schedule. Even in months I can't drop a particular trip, there is almost always someone willing to take it off the swap board. My schedule/control is not appreciably different that that of a guy who 70-75% in seat.

If you live in base...WB B. You may get to the WB and realize you'll never want to leave. You may miss the occasional event here and there, but you'll make more money while having more time off. I can't even see jumping to NB A until I'm super senior. The added workload associated with domestic flying just doesn't seem worth it for a relatively small bump in pay.

I fly with a lot FO’s that feel exactly this way. Heck, the number one FO in Seattle is a good friend..............and is senior to me!

Denny

Don’t discount the ER. It has the best of both worlds. If you prefer Domestic or international, you can always sample the other if and when you like. Or not when you decide one is not for you. Save that bid eligibility for what you want to do next when you figure it out and not get stuck with something you hate doing.

Wasn’t discounting the ER. I agree with all you say above. Based on his previous posts, I formed an opinion of what I thought would be his best fit. Widebody B in any category above the 7ER.

I was speaking strictly in regards to a bidding strategy to get Xmas off (or any personally important time) while junior in a widebody category. On the 7ER because it does/can do a lot of domestic short trips, it’s not a good category to use the bidding technique I described in my post.

I loved my time on the 7ER in both seats. I’m also very happy as an in base junior 330A.

Denny

I’m having an issue decoding my time card. I have two rotations and a carry-in for March. I also have 16 hours of credit for recurrent. I got a one-day green slip and it looks like the 16 hours of recurrent training is NOT being applied to credit toward the GS Trigger. If so, I’ll have to borrow 11 hours from the bank. Anyone know about this? Thanks!

I’m not a regular lineholder and can’t speak to training but I thought I remember there being a 5 hour limit to meet GS trigger. If that’s any help...

11.B.2: CQ is pay no credit.
Max take/borrow from bank is 5 hours for purposes of bringing up credit for GS trigger.

Ouch! That sucks! What is strange though is that on the next line down, the credit applicable to Reg g/s pay is the sum of my two in month rotations, the carry-in credit of another rotation and my 16 hours of CQ Pay! I don’t get it

Hopefully you can grab a good one day to put you over?

Edit: sorry double.