Originally Posted by
LJ Driver
737 is a pretty busy fleet at EWR. I can’t speak to 756, but after about 5 months on the 737 you’ll be able to get some really great trips, and a decent schedule that isn’t 85 hours unless you want it to be. Weird hearing these guys complain about not being able to trip drop, trade, pickup, etc. I do it 5-10 times a month with absolutely no issue. Part of that is fleet size at EWR, there are lots of pilots and trips in the mix, so that lends to better ability to do this.
My intent when I got here was to do the 737 for a couple years and then go to the 756. It’s been a good time, with awesome flexibility, time off, and great trips so I’ve stayed.
It’s the ability to do a straight drop, not bad day/worse day. The pool display is always negative except for a day here or there on the big pick… to include EWR 737 FO. As of 6/2, the entire month is negative. If you know how to bid to maximize the ability to trade into lesser days (e.g. mid-week 1-days later in the month), you can easily dump multiple days for days earlier in the month.