Unfortunately you're only get an exit row with the seat between you the last to be filled. However, I seem to remember sitting in first most of the time. The one thing that made it reasonable is that most of the flights are just barely over 8 hours and only 2 legs. It makes for not too bad of day. The other thing that sucks is that DH pay is 50%, so intl tends to go junior. I could hold St Maarten overnights when I couldn't hold SFO turns. But it all balances out. I did a lot of those day turns too. My schedule, in terms of credit and days off, is just as good now. The DH stuff makes up a small percentage of the flying.

I flew there in 2000 and again from 2005-2007 it was a great airline and I really enjoyed my time there. My only real problem with it was the long term stability question. I still believe that, for somebody looking to get out of the commuters, it's still a good place to be. My only caveat to somebody looking to go to SCA is, if possible, get your turbine pic first. I did have a lot of friends there that want to leave now but they don't have the pic time to qualify or be competative. Especially when fast upgrades at SCA don't happen.