Originally Posted by
flyinthrew
Couple of notes on this,
I think something that escapes people that have never worked under our reserve rules is the loss of schedule flexibility that comes with the fact that the 7ER requires a long call reserve block of no less than 4 days. It’s 3 days on the rest of the narrowbodies. It’s hard to move X days around when you can’t have 3 day blocks.
Next, if and when movement slows down, the small narrowbody people will bid in over you on the 7ER. This is less likely on the 737 and 320. It’s less of an issue right now because they are just going to go to the 330/350 when their seat locks end.
7ER NYC is on a different planet from 7ER ATL. I didn’t realize this until I had people I mentored in both categories.
So out of ATL, you would say the 737/320 is easier to break up days than the 7ER? I’ve heard the same about the NYC 7ER, but zero chance I’m commuting up there when I can drive to ATL. It seems like anything in the beginning will probably suck a little bit, but kinda thinking the 73 might not suck the longest when compared to the 7ER.