SWA or UAL?
04-29-2018 | 12:10 AM
#271
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Like he said; but I average 16 days off a month. Depends on the base and trip availability...our tfp rate looks deceiving. $200+ an hour sounds nice but we make up for it in different ways
04-29-2018 | 12:22 AM
#272
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Interesting. My neighbor is a 20+ year guy at UAL, right seat 777. He hand picks his trips...says he can’t get a schedule that good. Are you maybe counting reserve days not called or padding your numbers a bit?
04-29-2018 | 02:50 AM
#273
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I'm super duper junior on the triple- half the time it's a line, half the time it's reserve. When I get a line it's 18 days off and low 70s credit. For reserve I typically do 1 trip a month and maybe 4 short calls. So I'm assuming the previous post was referring to days called to fly or days required to be in base (not counting reserve days sitting at home)
04-29-2018 | 05:30 AM
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I'm super duper junior on the triple- half the time it's a line, half the time it's reserve. When I get a line it's 18 days off and low 70s credit. For reserve I typically do 1 trip a month and maybe 4 short calls. So I'm assuming the previous post was referring to days called to fly or days required to be in base (not counting reserve days sitting at home)
04-29-2018 | 05:52 AM
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FWIW, I'm a 12 yr WB FO line holder (except for one month where I bid reserve and didn't fly the entire month and no FSB). Last year, on average, for every block hour I flew I got paid about 1.5hrs.
Flew about 800 hrs last year (yes on purpose) and was paid over 1200hrs. That's just the regular flight pay (not PS, per diem, etc).
I doubt I ever had less than 16 days off in a month with most being 18-20.
It can be done.
04-29-2018 | 05:54 AM
#276
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From: guppy CA
It can vary quite a bit between BES and time of year. Plus, your neighbor may have specific trips he picks up/avoids.
04-29-2018 | 06:02 AM
#277
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From: 787 right
Where do you commute from and how many assigned SC do you average? Field standby exist on the 87? Any idea if the 777 is different? And I guess most importantly, are the SC structured so you can commute down and back same day? Trying to get an idea if it really is different than commuting to reserve on the NB. I should be able to hold the 777 on this bid and debating it, just don’t want to deal with 5am SC driving a commute the night before, etc.
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04-29-2018 | 06:18 AM
#278
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From: 787 right
A 20 yr. 777 fo is getting a minimum of 18 days off a month unless he wants to work more.
04-29-2018 | 06:32 AM
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So basically you never need to go out the day before for a SC? That’s nice. Any thought to bidding something in Denver to avoid commuting, or is it really that much better? I get the pay is more, but the pain of commuting to SCs usually kills the fun for me. Wish we could have pure SC or LC lines.
04-29-2018 | 06:59 AM
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From: 777
Where do you commute from and how many assigned SC do you average? Field standby exist on the 87? Any idea if the 777 is different? And I guess most importantly, are the SC structured so you can commute down and back same day? Trying to get an idea if it really is different than commuting to reserve on the NB. I should be able to hold the 777 on this bid and debating it, just don’t want to deal with 5am SC driving a commute the night before, etc.
Thanks!
Thanks!
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