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Old 02-11-2014 | 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Dirtdiver
Don't count greenslips until you get one. A couple years ago I averaged 2 a month for the year. Even got picky and restricted the first one to 2+ days. The past 2 years I've had 3-4 total.

The trips on the 75/76 are way better, and actually on reserve you'll fly better trips than a junior lineholder. Pretty much true system wide, the bottom lineholders get the worst trips and can't get rid of them. You'll be somewhat less abused on the bottom of the ER. If you can pull up some schedules, check the bottom few guys in each category, look at the trips they are assigned and the # days worked.

Having said all that, you should probably go to the 88. It's a matter of time before you get displaced from a piece of equipment where you're the plug. I've been displaced 4 times, the walk of shame to the training dept sux.
I was the 1st guy in my class to turn down the ER back in 07 and go to the 88. If I had to do it over again I would take the ER for the reasons listed above. The only risk is you could get displaced.
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