Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
Ah that blows.
If it makes you feel better, I used to do 8 hour four days at XJT back in 2002 or so. Best part- completely uncommutable. Even better was the fact they took trip trading away because some figure out how to game they system. And even after all of that you had short overnights. Lots of long long sits at hubs and outstations. I remember flying to MKE in the morning and sleeping in the airplane for I don't remember exactly but I want to say 4 hours. Whatever was just shy of a hotel requirement. Then go back to CLE for another long sit.
That really wears you out.
If it makes you feel better, rest easy knowing that things at XJT haven't changed much. You can STILL do 6 am shows, 10 pm releases, 10 hours pay (but now 15 thanks to C04), have 5-6 hours of sit time a day with almost 5 at an oustation, overnights that are no longer than 10 hours, etc etc etc. Especially for ORD/CLE crews.