Originally Posted by
Andy
WB FO normally goes senior to NB CA. However, a lot of countries essentially lock up flight crews in their hotel rooms for their entire time off. You can only leave the room if you smoke; I've been told that a lot of WB crews have taken up smoking.
Imagine going to Sydney and being locked in your hotel room for 40 hours with a guard outside of it. And your meals left at the door.
Once everything goes back to normal, you won't see WB FO going junior. And while some talk about how bad WB reserve is, I spent a decent amount of time on WB reserve as a commuter. It wasn't bad. I'd still be doing it if it paid as much as NB CA.
That is over with now. I have a couple friends at Atlas and one Kalita. 2 of the 3 have FB. Their pictures outside exploring Sydney this past month prove otherwise.
No doubt that used to be the case, though.
Theres probably a multitude of reason. I actually like it here, a lot, and don’t plan on leaving, but if I found myself at a legacy, I personally would never bid WB. I almost never do transcons here. The thought of 8-10-12-14 hours in an airplane (whether your “flying” or not) does not sound appealing to me at all. I’m sure im
not alone.
Also it sounds like you are 2 year seat locked on the WB. It’s a flat $80-90 first year regardless of what metal your flying. Sounds like most can be line holders before Year 2 pay on 737/320 75/6 (extreme cases maybe even CA). It’s not a huge surprise it’s junior at the moment.