Originally Posted by
ppilk
Specifically with the regionals. I know the majors are very seniority based but vary from airline to airline. Some guy I know has worked with Spirit for 6 months and is home with his newborn every night. I hear at other companies like Delta it can take decades.
What about with the regionals? Are there any specific companies that are known for early flexibility (mainly curious about Piedmont, Republic, Air Wisconsin @PHL)?
Old buddy just got hired by Piedmont and they seemed very open to giving in to his demands (he basically told them he needed to be based in PHL and they said no problem). Never got a chance to ask him about scheduling flexibility.
Compass has alot of 4 day trips. But 2 and 3 day trips are common as well. Majority of the flying from a single type trip is from 4day trips. I think little less than half our total monthly block is from 4 day tips. Min days is 11 and 12 (30/31 day months). 15 off and 80 hours is average for me, and I bid fairly senior FO but commute in and out the day of. If I didnt, I could probably swing 90+ and 15 off every month. If you dont bid for commutable trips thats actually not that hard to do. Lots of long flight(for a regional), two leg days. Especially out of LAX. LAX-DFW-LAX-SFO is pretty high credit day. We used to have DTW-MTY-DTW which was usually built as a 35hour or so 5 day trip. But mainline flies that now. Average line is 75-80hours and 15 off or so. Give or take a day depending on the number of days in a month and if peak season or not.