Originally Posted by
Twister
My pre-drop homework discovered that 717s fly a TON of legs every day, which means lots of ground ops that you DON'T get paid for. Also, they rarely, if ever, actually sit on their reserve tours.
Make no mistake about it though, there will be 717 FOs this year that capitalize on their ability to be extremely flexible with schedules and end up making $200,000 on second year pay.
Bottom line is, there are no bad choices.