Originally Posted by OversoldCommute

If your top priority is QOL, then I'll throw in a vote for BOS or JFK 190 at B6. Because it's the lower paying airplane, a lot of guys bid off it ASAP, so your seniority skyrockets the first year or two. I've been here 10 months and am bidding 50%, and should be sub 30% by the end of the year. Now the trips themselves aren't that great, but as a local guy (not bidding specifically for commutable trips) I can hold a lot of the better overnights that the 190 does have (FLL and SJU on the beach, or BNA downtown for example). My schedule as awarded credits 75-80 hours usually, but I can pick up extra pretty much whenever is convenient for me, and our IROPs tend to make you extra money. On the flip side, it's pretty difficult to drop anything at all, and dropping below 70 is a hard no (unless another pilot picks it up directly from you). But as a local guy who can survive on min guarantee, I've gotten pretty comfortable with my QOL. YMMV.