I like the fly with my favorite captain, like there aren’t complete Ahole FOs.
I guess you could tell them to pound sand but there goes crm.


Now I went from 190 captain to bus FO. I just got tired of the same flying stuff that I did in the regional world 14 years of that was enough. 4 legs a day 4 different FAs to brief different planes 30 min turns were killing me. Not to mention the operation. It was just no longer worth it to me to miss holidays and stuff as well as be on a dying fleet.


You can still have an OK sked and I think you will make more money as a captain so it’s really a personal choice.
I was just done with it and wanted something different and jr bus captain was not appealing if you don’t live in base.

Now to be fair I haven’t really flown a bus sked yet but I definitely like bidding top 3rd. Also the new vacation system was part of it. If we must bid it I wanted more seniority. But unless you were hired here early everything is a trade off.