December worked out better than expected! As a new hire going to my first holiday season as a junior pilot, I expected to work every holiday. Instead, I got most weekends off and picked up some short calls strategically and didn’t get used Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. I got called about 4pm on Christmas Day for a 4 day trip starting the 26th about 5pm so I was thrilled.
In total, 13 days off, 40 hours of flying crediting 83 hours of pay with 4 commutes to base.
1: OFF
2: OFF
3: LSR
4: SCR
5: LSR
6: OFF
7: OFF
8: OFF
9: OFF
10: IAD-TPA
11:TPA-EWR-PBI
12:PBI-EWR-MSY
13:MSY-EWR-JAX-IAD
14: OFF
15: OFF
16: OFF
17:SCR
18:SCR
19:LSR
20:LSR
21:LSR
22: OFF
23: OFF
24:SCR
25:LSR
26: IAD-RDU
27:RDU-EWR-STI
28:STI-EWR
29:EWR-CUN-IAD
30: OFF
31: OFF
Yeah I got pretty lucky for my first December at United!
LSR= Long call reserve (12 hour callout)
SCR= Short call reserve (2 hour callout, must be converted by crew scheduling or picked up)
*labeled on the calendar as S04 is assigned or C18 means I picked it up
FDO- flexible day off, its a day off but if they needed me in the 3-5 for a 4 day trip they could have worked me in to that day on the 6th for some add pay
HDO- Hold day off, protected day off
The S04 was a 0400-1700 short call. The C18 was an 1800-0800 short call. Both times I commuted up and sat at my brother’s house about 20 mins away from IAD.
