Originally Posted by
aa73
DCA 737 trips are a mixed bag, all domestic (including Canada and Mexico.) No other international but that will change when they start combining domestic and international later this year, expect to see Caribbean stuff going thru other bases when that happens. Lots of transcons, 1-2 leg days mostly, with the very occasional 3-leg day. We do tons of DCA-LAX, DCA-PHX, BWI-PHX and I think one or two IAD-LAX. The rest of the flying starts with a leg to the other hubs (DFW, ORD, MIA, CLT and the occasional MCO, TPA, etc.) Then you fly thru the whole system from there. Mostly 2 and 3 day trips with a smattering of turns. Lots of early am starts (some even depart at 0530!), but those tend to get back early pm. Quite a few early pm starts also that get back late. There are a few trips that start early and get back late, mostly out of BWI.
DCA has the most flying, closely followed by BWI. IAD is very scarce. I’d say the approximate percentages are 65% DCA, 37% BWI and 3% IAD.
It’s a nice mix of flying, and an awesome small base where everyone pretty much knows each other. Great chief pilot and union reps. You can almost get it as a new hire, as discussed above. CA upgrade, well it took me 18 years to finally hold DCA 737 CA (I’m a Feb 2000 hire) but it’s slowly moving more junior, it went all the way down to a mid-late 2000 hire in the last bid run. It used to be way more senior than that. Currently it is down to 9800 seniority out of around 14500
Thank you so much for this reply. I’m coming from a very small base at my regional where it really was a family. We all knew each other and all got along very well. I’ve been homed based last 3 years in the TD and have always commuted out of Bwi and see there are always 4 73 RONS. Starting out of Bwi would be epic for me. You have provided so much into for everyone here if we ever fly together and you like to fish I’ll take ya offshore to say thanks!