Originally Posted by
pengu
That's interesting, why do senior crews on inter-island
like reserve ?
Inter Island has no overnight trips, so by definition the people bidding interisland (many of whom are senior enough to hold world wide) want to be home more often.... if you fly 75-80 hours on a bid line with 12-16 days off, vs flying maybe 25-30 hours in the same month with 12 days off, and another 10 days of being left alone... which would you chose?
Granted, sometimes (as in lately) the reserves, especially captains are short and those guys end up flying upwards of 80 hours, but that's not common..
Frankly, if I were living in HNL (I commute), I"d be glued to the 717 until the last one was retired... it's a good gig for locals.