Originally Posted by
UGBSM
You do know that Delta has "day trips" also, right? Virtually every category has 1 day trips in the bid package. You can also siimply drop all of your awarded trips and pickup nothing but 1 day trips if you want. Just sayin...
Yeah I’ve looked into it, day trips typically range from 3-15% of total block hours depnding on equip/base. A new hire could hold them in maybe 5-10 years in ATL for example and they aren’t always available to just pick up. It would be a nice gig if you wanted to live in NYC for example. I’m just not personally interested in waiting for the seniorty to hold them then dealing with ATL traffic, waiting for an employee bus ride, tram ride, working a turn then possibly 1-3 hours of traffic on the drive home. I currently can drive 10 mins then walk 3 minutes from my car to the flight deck. I think DAL is a great job for the younger guys since there is so much variety and a niche for almost everyone.