Originally Posted by
tcco94
One thing I do love about it is the charter flying gives some variety and long layovers in cool spots you normally won’t do on the fleet, for example you can get long Canada layovers on NBA or NHL charters (I have a 30 hour Toronto I wanted so I could go to Maple Leafs game).
also it’s almost all big cities, so you don’t get many of the “regional” airports almost at all. I also like big city downtown layovers. It’s hard to say what the next few years look like on the fleet with the neos, they want to cut the overall total NM down by 500 I think is what they said on the townhall recently. One thing I’ve noticed is they say something then the bids a few months later show something else or they need relief with 757 or 767 to do something for a few months (like taking back London from JFK and SEA for a couple months for example).
I have enjoyed flying the airplane and there is good stuff but just know a good chunk of the ATL trips are pretty long days, lots of legs, and Florida shuttles. Hope that gives you a decent idea
Would ATL 7ER be mostly-commutable in the first year or is that something that will take time to hold? I'm a new hire living in Florida and considering ATL 7ER as #1 choice (for those home layovers!) and probably 320 and 73N in sequence... but I keep reading that the category sucks. Figure FL flying won't bother me as much as some. There are 5-7 mainline flights a day from my home airport, getting in as early as 730am, and departing ATL as late as 1050pm. Planning to move into base within a year (or commuting elsewhere from ATL if I can't hold it from indoc) but just wondering how the first couple months would go as a new guy. Thanks in advance!