max hours/credit per month

[hoover84]

Information needed on what your max contractual credit/hour cap is per month.
I’m looking for legacy and majors only…thank you for your help…

 

[shootr]

Southwest - no contractual limits (only limited by FARs and your own imagination)

 

[taxicabdriver]

same at cal

 

[Green Banana]

Work till you die $luts!

 

[chppr5]

Work till you die $luts!

Well said.

 

[zasca]

Isn't usair the only one with a cap???

 

[CesnaCaptn]

Isn't usair the only one with a cap???

I would actually say that most legacies have a monthly max that lines can be built to. AFIK, AA is the most restrictive.

At Alaska, except for a flex month, lines can't be built over 85. From there, pilots can trade with open time up/down to 75/90. They can pick up or give away pilot-to-pilot from 0-100. Training and vacation time can work toward bringing you up to 75, but doesn't count toward your 90 hour max. It's conceivable that you could fly 90 and add in 20-30 hours of training/vacation pay.

 

[densoo]

Isn't usair the only one with a cap???

I think UAL is capped at 87 hours of pay.

 

[Whaler]

I heard the record at SWA is 270 trips for one month flown by a Capt (1 Trip = 186.06), unsure how many hours he flew to get that...

 

[Cruncher]

Whaler, "he" may be a "she." A lot of DHs, Rigs, short call outs (not a reserve, but a FCFS Premium stuff), ... all time-and-a-half or double time. It's a lot of work, but the most senior roll that way in the summer months. Last summer, almost 500 trips in 2 months.

Most humans can live on that salary for an entire year. Redonkulous really, but absolutely no life, and not worth it IMO. Your warm time is limited. However, the person I quoted above takes it easy the rest of the year, or gives most stuff away and just hangs around waiting for the phone to ring, which it does, consistently.

It helps immensely to live in base. Different jobs really.

PS There was a senior married couple a few years back. They averaged 150 - 180 / month each! Do the math on 300 trips / month. Hard to make sense of magnitude.