Originally Posted by 89Pistons (Post 2380564)

You can drop below 50 with company concurrence. But CCS isn't programed to prevent you from dropping below 50 right now. That will be fixed shortly.

Originally Posted by Spicy McHaggis (Post 2380521)

I don't know his answer, which is why I posted right above this one, but there is definitely a difference between working hard vs "smart". Soft time from trips dropped due to conflict, VDO, etc doesn't mean a pilot is necessarily flying 95hrs a month. On reserve on the 777 I could fly two trips, 60hrs, and because of the VDO system and short calls I could have 105-107hrs of pay for 8 days of flying.

Or should we all be limited to 80hrs? If 80hrs provides X number of jobs, why not make it 70 or even 60hrs of pay as a cap?


I post this with the caveat that no one is on furlough or there are pending furloughs.

Originally Posted by pilotgolfer (Post 2380606)

It's been over a year since I've heard of anyone getting a VDO assignment in Dulles. I used to get one per month...but considering the current over-staffing, they've all gone away.

How common are VDOs in EWR?

Originally Posted by awax (Post 2380563)

Check 20-P-1-h

Originally Posted by 89Pistons (Post 2380564)

You can drop below 50 with company concurrence. But CCS isn't programed to prevent you from dropping below 50 right now. That will be fixed shortly.

Originally Posted by Sunvox (Post 2380517)

This is a bit of kettle meeting pot as I have never shied away from a little braggadocio when I thought it was acceptable, BUT there is another side to the high W2. Working "hard" i.e. over 75 hours reduces the number of pilots the company needs. When I started in '96 schedules over 80 hours were rare in fact anything over 85 hours went into the "bank" and didn't get paid until the following month. We need to be careful about how "hard" we work because WHAT IF that data was used to increase the required hours. That, to me, would be a HUGE loss in QoWL.

Originally Posted by Spicy McHaggis (Post 2380520)

I try to work my schedule somewhat as well and as of today's check the YTD was a little north of 165k.. (that's with everything, profit sharing, per diem, etc.. Taking out profit sharing makes it more like 135k).

How many days off are you averaging with the "tweaking"? Are you working your ass off or still have decent days off? I've managed to keep my average days off a month pretty high.

I like money..er.. my CFO does.. but I don't want to kill myself getting it.

(Don't worry, I'm probably junior to you :D)

Originally Posted by Zenofzin (Post 2380841)

It really varies on the month as much as 15-16 days to as little as 12-13, I try to get commutability, soft time and deadhead some months. Kill it, some not so much. Vacation month is when you can make some real bank, even though are union is trying to kill that for us.

Originally Posted by pilotgolfer (Post 2380855)

Boy...think of how much more you could make if it wasn't for the union killing it for you. Again...must be a G-Tard.

Originally Posted by rp2pilot (Post 2379971)

And you always get to fly with your favorite Captain ;)