Originally Posted by
Jimguy
Gotcha, yeah having a chance at the 350 isn’t something I originally anticipated, but might be a good chance to scratch the big plane/ international itch before having kids. But if someone said that the 73N is a lot of island stuff and not forever at the bottom, I’d strongly consider that as well.
I take it, that once on property, I might have a chance to see some bid awards before submitting my actual bid myself?
Yes, in fact you can actually see exactly how someone bids (in PBS) if you like the kind of results they got. It's all listed in the composite reports after every months bid results are posted.
I don't fly the 350 so haven't followed the seasonality of it, but other WB/international heavy planes (765, 330) have seasonality in them whereas the summers are very busy and not so much in the winter. Sometimes in the past in the winter on the 765 when fully manned, over 1/2 the FO's may be on reserve, then during summer when the ALV is high (as is the RSV guarantee), a junior 765 pilot couldn't get reserve unless in the top 1/2 of category.
Welcome aboard, and life can be stressful but good with options.