Furloughed Pilots Refusing Recall?

I have my doubts as to whether or not it could be done in 10 months. At Eagle a good friend of ours consistently got the last 2 or 2 1/2 weeks of December off. But he was barely able to stay legal for 30 in 7 for the rest of the year.

Far, far too much work just for the guarantee of the last 2 weeks of Dec off.
 
MQAAord said:
I have my doubts as to whether or not it could be done in 10 months. At Eagle a good friend of ours consistently got the last 2 or 2 1/2 weeks of December off. But he was barely able to stay legal for 30 in 7 for the rest of the year.

Far, far too much work just for the guarantee of the last 2 weeks of Dec off.
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It happened all the time at "Brand X".

The problem is, sure you've got the time off, but you can't non-rev anywhere interesting.
 
Can't non-rev anywhere PERIOD that time of year at all, especially these days. The first two weeks of Dec, the lull between Thanksgiving and Christmas used to be reasonably okay for non-revving, but with the ways loads are these days you can't count on it.

I remember one Christmas Eve commuting home to MSN, the flight was full and I was sitting there moping about how I probably wouldn't get on, and instead of an ATR 42, a 72 pulls up to the gate. I figured there'd been a gate change or something but nope, it was my lucky Christmas Eve. 18 extra seats :) I made it home with an empty seat next to me.
 
Smokin'!

I remember the last Thanksgiving my dad was alive, there were like 15 jumpseaters for a UAL ORD-LAX flight, the captain walks out and says, "Happy Thanksgiving, all the non revs and all of the OAL jumpseaters are getting a ride to LA." Made my year.

Even rode up front in "First". Very nice.
 
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