Originally Posted by crewdawg52

Not going to make this a long post by quoting everyone, but by god, quit your whining about non commutable trips! You wanted to be a pilot for a major airline, you knew what that may entail, so live with it. If you don't like your life, bid to equipment that gives you a QOL that you would enjoy!!! Or you can become a CPA, banker, etc that allows you to be at home every night.

I spent a long time on smaller equipment because I got the trips I wanted, when I wanted, and the days off I wanted. Yes, I could have gone to better paying planes, but for me, QOL was more important! AND, I never bid my vacations over holidays because I knew I could get those days off, thus allowing those junior to me to get those vacation days.

Yes, it sucks being junior. But you have not been the only one during a career that things didn't work out to expectations. Others have been in your shoes. And some of those have been junior a lot longer that you will be.

Sounds like you want to mandate that DAL trips begin, from all bases, after 1200 noon, and get back by 1800 hrs. Sorry, aint gonna happen!

And yes, I'm a proud DPA member!