Originally Posted by
CousinEddie
Well stated. What about the ones that have plenty of seniority for the flying seat to stay proficient and choose not to? I think that is what Hoss notices far too often. Not suggesting there are large numbers, but they are out there.
It's probably different for different folks. But, I know allot of folks that commute to wide body and they bid to do back to back teli-deli trips out of EWR, and that meant IRO to make it possible to maximize their pay check and minimize inconvenience of commuting. For me, when I was a 777 FO I simply bid any seat to Narita, which usually meant one of the Bunkie positions. I could have held landings to LHR, but a 3 day 26:30 trip beat a 3 day 17 hour trip. However, sometimes offering to buy dinner for the FO might mean you could buy the landing too.