Originally Posted by e6bpilot

If you look at the truly senior lines in any base, there is a lot of variety. What will generally, as a rule, go senior are:
Turn lines (all single day trips)
Two days
Desirable 20-24 hour intl layovers (PUJ, AUA, SJD, LIR)
Weekdays

The turns and two day trips are usually bid to give away to another pilot so that the bidder can clear their board and fly premium (1.5x) low blocking open time instead. On the FO side they are often bid by Lance Captains (captain qualified FOs) who give them away and fly captain trips instead.

Other than that, I would reiterate what Zap said. There are a huge variety of trips here that fit within the Southwest productivity model. There aren't any 30 hour layovers or stand up red eyes (yet) but there is just about everything in between.

This job isn't some sort of paradise. There are many things that I would love to see changed, but the opportunity to either make a boatload of money or have a lot of days off exists here depending on what you want to do.

Originally Posted by Sluggo_63

Sorry. I don't buy it. Average days off at a major (at least at mine) is 15 off/28 days in the April bidpack. Average BLG is 75 hours. So you mean to tell me that your lines average 20 days off and credit 120? That's not what my buds at SWA show me. Their raw lines look like they average about 85-90 TFP and work about the same amount of days (13-17). I know... then they start their part-time job of schedule adjustment, which seems like it's a full time job sometimes. Always checking their phone, always trading trips. Even when they have a good schedule, with days off, they are always flying extra. The big question is "what do you block in a year?" That average line I was talking about (15 days off/75 CH) blocks about 38 hours. You guys like to say that you work hard but get more days off, but I just don't see it looking at what my friends' schedules look like. My I have a small population for my data. Four.

Originally Posted by Harvey

Great stuff.

Is picking up "low blocking open time" desirable because you are going to be paid 6.5 TFP per day at a minimum, or are there other factors?

Trying to get my head around all of this...class date in May.

Originally Posted by GatorHog

If any SWA guys are willing to post a screen shot of something they'd consider a "typical" month's schedule with how many TFP it paid, that would be very helpful. Understandable if that's not possible without giving away too much personal info, though.

Originally Posted by RJSAviator76

Zap, I take it you ELITT out of LAX-LIR pairings?

Originally Posted by flyguy81

Next month my awarded line was 15 off and 114 credit. I was awarded a blank so lost a day off and had higher credit than a regular line. Regular lines have 16 off min and avg in my base was 98 credit if I remember right. Min of 3 days off between trips and I have a stretch of 6 off before Easter.

Originally Posted by at6d

I have 15 off in April and 117 TFP so far.

Originally Posted by e6bpilot

They are stopping that route in a couple of months, though, sadly.