Originally Posted by
itsmytime
What type of runs are you guys doing out of cae? Cae-iad, cae-ord? Anything else?
CAE and MKE lines are similar to ORD and IAD lines except the first and last leg. Overwhelming majority are 4 day trips (all bases in fact) that simply start with an early AM flight to a hub on day one out of domicile and just like iad and ord lines, continue to do out and backs from both hubs to outststions over the next 4 days, overnighting in outstations, and ending with pm flight into cae or mke.
You cover zw flying out of both iad and ord from all 4 bases. Though ord is bigger so you will have more ord landings than iad. Most flying into and out of cae is covered by crews starting and ending their trips. Ord and iad pilots almost never overnight in those bases anymore and occasionally may do a mid day turn into one.
If you live within 2 hrs is a great option as you will move up the list fast and upgrade fast. If you live 2-4 hours away it’s not terrible since reserve times are low. If you 1 leg it - maybe but early starts and late finishes make it hard. If you two leg it - it sucks.