Quality of Life, Days Off

[Smacktard]

How many days off do you get in a 1 month period?

Do your bids coincide with the months or are they set at, say, 28 days with 13 bids a year?

And of course, list the airline.

 

[Mallard]

At ACA...we have a bid for each month. The min. days off are 11 and the max usually is 18. I'd say the average number is 13.

 

[xdashdriver]

Mesa is 8 days off on reserve, minimum of 10 for regular lineholders. Bid period is 28 days, with 13 bids a year.

 

[RIDETHELIGHTING]

Average at mesa 12 days off for a 28 day bid.

 

[Dr.Hwang]

At AWAC min is 12 days off, and we bid once a month. I think you can opt to drop it down to 11 for more pay, but I'm not sure. I usually can get 14-15 days off.

 

[Saabslime]

Min days off at Mesaba is 11 across the board. If you're a line holder, average is 16 with the best lines at 19 off. We bid for each month although some months overlap slightly. For example, our Feb lines run from Jan 31 to Mar 1 for a bid period of 31 days.

 

[RSRVWINDSURFR]

XJet: min 11, max 20ish. Avg: 14

80% 4 days, 20% 2day and day trips

 

[FlyingDawg]

Chautauqua

Max normally 21
Min reserve 11
Min lineholder 12

Avg 14.5 (using Feb #)

each pilot earns a min of 1 paid day off/month.

 

[Av8trxx]

AE reserve lines get 10 days off a month. Line holders get 10-15/month. My base bid packet has 3 days off between each sequence for hard lines with 1,2,3 & 4 day trips plus a few CDOs. Reserve is five on with two off and one 4 day block of days off per month.

 

[Dash8]

at alg (and i'm think pdt is similar) min 10 days off, max lately is around 14-15
average is say 12, but then were EXTREMELY short staffed so they have to work is pretty hard....