January was a pretty good month. I loaded up the middle of the month schedule so that I could be off the last week for a trip I had planned. I only had one hotel room on the back end of a trip that ended late. I had three 30 hr layovers which can be fun in the right places…
In total, I ended up with 17 days off, 47.5 hours of flying time and credited 75 hours of pay.
I have been looking at your monthly schedules to determine when you became a line holder. Was January 2024 the month? My son moved from IAH (his first base out of training in October’23 for mainline from regional) to IAD in January. How long does it usually take for a FO to hold a line at IAD?
Yes, January was my first month as a line holder in IAD. Typically the G-Line (guaranteed line) zone is about 80% in base. IAD is more senior than IAH or EWR so it took me about 11 months since my initial class date to hold that seniority.
