Originally Posted by
vinny7
Hello, new guy here waiting on a class date and hoping yall could offer some input on the best choice for someone who lives in CLT.
I've been reading up and down the forums trying to decide how to rank my choices for a drop and I have a couple questions about choosing the 717 and living in CLT. Thankfully I was blessed with a very high social.
First off, would you choose atl or dtw as the base? Atl is a 4.5hr drive for me but it seems folks say dtw is better seniority.
And is it fairly common to get a decent amount of clt overnights or do people seek it out over the villes and burg overnights?
Also, does atl or dtw have more clt overnights or is it a wash? I know atlanta has more flights to clt but I imagine you flow through the bases anyways on trips.
I'm just trying to decide if for qol is it better to try for the 717 due to possible clt overnights or just go for 7er or 320? Essentially I'm tied to clt for 5 more years.
Thanks in advance
At this snapshot in time, ATL is your best bet for CLT layovers. But the general rule is not to bid based solely on current layovers. Network could make it all 737s tomorrow. There are good things about the 717, some bad too. Just make sure you’d be okay with staying on the fleet if the overnights stopped.