Originally Posted by
Justdoinmyjob
Just to give you an idea. 2001 South hire. SNN 96XX. 58%ish 7ERB in NYC. I fly domestic transcons with an occasional Carribean/Africa trip. My bidding may play a role in that, but you can forget consistently holding Europe or anywhere nice until you get around 40%ish in category. With that said, on reserve you will get better trips than me when that senior FO calls in sick. So you got that going for you.
Personally, I'd bid 737/A320 as a new hire if I could, M88 next. That would give you the best chance to gain seniority in category and get a quicker handle on QOL.
I figure I'll get enough international experience to decide if it's something I want to do long term. If I decide I'd rather stay at home I'll bid off it when I can or maybe I'll get displaced anyway. I live in base so even the worst schedule isn't going to be terrible.
Part of it is I haven't been anywhere. My wife and I went to Thailand last year but other than that I haven't been off the continent. I figure I'll get to go somewhere cool (or not) every once and a while.