Originally Posted by
Fecking EJet
Do all pilots, regardless of base, tend to see the whole route network? Does the company route you through all bases during trips, or do you just tend to do out and backs from your own base? For instance, will a west coast based pilot ever see the east coast and vice versa?
It depends, but it's a mix.
I don't know about the LAX or DTW crews, but on reserve out of MSP I've seen both coasts in the same trip fairly frequently, been through all three bases once or twice during a month since April and regularly hit what seems like half of Canada and most of Texas, again in a single trip.
Next month, with a line, overnights are HLN (twice), EWR (twice), ALB, PVD, IAH, and YUL. I go through DTW at least once, CLT, BOI, MDW, FAR and YEG. I wind up going through MSP a couple of times, but there's a fair number of trips that leave base and don't come back until you're done.
There were a bunch of MSP-based trips next month that include a YVR-MSP-EWR day. Ouch.
It certainly isn't classic "regional" flying, doing 6 legs a day into the same hub. I love it, but that's just me.
Will