Originally Posted by
Clrtoland
HI all, newbie here. Just wondering how the trips are with A220 in NYC. (avg. how many legs do you fly a day?)
are there a lot of redeyes? any 1-2 day trips? and how often does the trip starts in EWR, compared to LGA/JFK? can you make some money picking up some open time?
thank you in advance!
The longer trips (3+ days) are usually 1-2 legs/day. The shorter trips are 3 legs with a lot of NYC-ORD and an occasional BNA, MSY, JAX, RSW or SRQ turn.
I’m not sure of the exact mix but there’s probably 10-15% out of EWR about 20-30%ish out of JFK and the rest LGA. Totally anecdotal but I tend to bid for JFK starts and see a bit of a hit on trip quality sometimes.
I think the only redeye we do at the moment is SEA-CVG and only SEA pilots have been doing it recently.
If you’re a Texas commuter it’s the closest thing to living in base at Delta. Lots of long overnights at the big 4 with many trips having back to back overnights at the same station. There’s also open time opportunities with DH only days in and out of DFW, IAH, AUS and SAT but they seem to usually be covered with SLC crews.
Open time is a little tough at the moment as we are the best staffed aircraft/seat right now (73N/320 are totally opposite). That could always change but it has been the case since December.