Originally Posted by
Big E 757
Im a commuter and I HATE 5 day trips. The only 5 day trips that I don’t entirely hate are the 5 days with 4 duty periods, a long layover on the 3rd night, with a red eye at the end. If I could work commutable 3 day trips, I’d do it, but rarely do I see commutable 3 day trips on the 320. I can tolerate 4 day trips but it seems even commutable 4 day trips can be rare, depending on the time of year.
Also, the FA’s seem to have lots of 4-5 hour sits on their trips. That alone would make me vote in a union at the first opportunity.
Exactly this. I am not against having 5 day trips, but quite a few categories are dominated by 4 and 5 days so much so that it made staying inside the LCW almost impossible without getting at least one 5 day. I never thought I would go back to international, but the way these domestic trips look now have me heading that direction.