Originally Posted by
Dunkin
Crew bases in hubs are usually are commutable bc the aircraft RON at the outstations but it doesn't affect whether the trips are 2, 3, or 4 days.....that is based on the pairing build parameters. DCA should have the best productivity due to largest average stage length but many DCA trips could go through CLT all 4 days and vice versa so we wil have to see what the software spits out. The main reason for the crew base is for us to have reserves in DCA bc that is where most of our crew cancellations occur.
Very true. Bidding DCA is very tempting for me personally. I love the DCA flying and the overnights are much better than CLT flying. Only problem is half the daily flights between my hometown and DCA compared to the 8 /day I enjoy between CLT. I would almost always be up super early to catch the first flight of the day into DCA, and likely always catching one of the 2 last flights back home. So I would take a QOL hit there. But the flying and the overnights are better. Decisions decisions. I think DCA may go "seniorish" for FOs and Jr for CAs when it all shakes out.