Originally Posted by
Jay5150
Paris has some descent restaurants. Pasta is pretty good in Rome. Argentina makes a passable steak.
On a typical intn'l trip, which is what you are critiquing, you spend about 3 hours total in your home base airport. You don't eat there unless you just want to. Usually you just wait to get the first class menu to make your choice from.
Hey man, if you like it where you are and it works for you, great, mazel tov. If you are going to try and make intn'l widebody sound bad, you've got an uphill climb. There is, right now, a 3 day trip on the 777 in ATL worth almost 32 hours. Do the math on that, figure your days off and tell me how many days in your bed and time for hobbies you end up with.
Well chief, I eat all my meals at home with my family. On my out and backs I bring food from home. I never have to worry about not liking the food on the menu.
I'm not sure about the incoherant question about nights in my own bed. I spend all of them in my own bed. I'm sure you love being a widebdy pilot. How many years did it take to hold that? I'm holding 320 captain in well under 2 years.
You appear to assume I have no knowledge of legacy life. I had a crash pad full of United guys at my old regional. It didn't sound as good to me as what I have now. Whatever works for you, knock yourself out.