Originally Posted by
JimLaheyTPS
You must be very junior then if all
you did was red eyes. I haven’t flown a red eye in the last year or two unless I purposely pick up a one leg dead head back to base. 5 years on property for reference. And if you’re my seniority or higher then your bidding is the only thing to blame if you couldn’t avoid all nighters.
I did it for my first 3 years, and I was on reserve the whole time. Now, in LAX I would be 35ish percent and I have no idea what quality of life qould be like on it at that seniority now. But I can tell you I am a MUCH happier person on the 737 now. 2-3 day trips, no red eyes. And I like to fly planes, so the up and down is what I prefer.