Originally Posted by
lear700pilot
100+% agree with you. I'm a 121 regional guy, but did 91/135 prior to this environment. Funny how so many state the regional work is hard, but I feel the 91/135 was even harder. As GF stated and you mentioned, it is a much harder world in the 91/135 environment doing everything: cleaning plane, picking up specific catering from grocery store, fixing the coffee, fixing all the array of drinks, loading pax bags, fueling airplane, flight planning, etc. You are the dispatcher, ramp guy, cleaner, FA, pilot, etc. so when it comes to customer service you do it all and deal with some very high clientele face to face each day. On top of that on call 24/7 and gone way more than 121 lifestyle would keep you gone.
Sounds a lot like what we did in little MAC!
Coming to Delta, I found it to be the easiest flying I had ever done. "You just want me to fly from A to B? No low level, no goggles, no airdrop, no LAPES, no random steep or shallow or assaults, no PNAF?"