More days off than 17-20? (What does flight length have to do with days off, 900 vs. 200?)
I have never been more than 7 in line in ATL. And while the 900 obviously climbs better than the 200, I haven’t seen one yet that can top those 50-55K summer thunderstorms. The only time all summer I ever got diverted from ATL was when they shut the airport down due to wind shear. Once.
I’ll take ATL flying over NY flying any day. Never in ATL have I taxied for 1-2 hours. The worst part about ATL is the ramp vehicles that seem determined to hit us. But I have been jacked up several times when there has been a NY IROP (weekly, it seems at times), and much worse than any flying I have done out of ATL.
Originally Posted by
1337pilot
While this is all very true. You also get more days off on the 900 (if not reserve) since many of the flights are actually longer than 45 minutes. In NYC the 200 schedules were going to complete sh1t when I left it and there was no movement cause it's being greatly reduced there. If you go to ATL, have fun being 20 in line, on leg 3 of 6, in the summer when it's hot as hell and that APU can't keep up, or heaven forbid it's deferred. And the other fun part is you get to fly through all the enroute weather instead of having a chance of getting over at least some of it.