Originally Posted by
Flyler
Throw in the vertical profile view from the E170's and im sold.
Ill hijack the thread real quick, im also looking at the possibility of potentially taking NYC ER or DTW bus. I live in ORD, which seat would be easier to commute to? I saw ssomeone mentioned that reserve on the ER may not be as desirable. Can someone elaborate on how commuting to reserve would be different from the ER to one of the narrowbody fleets?
Commuting to ER reserve in NYC is pretty tough. I’m back on reserve after holding a line all summer and it’s bad enough to the point of my bidding off the plane. Granted, I live in a base, so commuting was a choice. The everyone gets short call has made the reserve commute pretty bad. We have a lot of 2359 and 05:30 SC periods daily. Many SC periods are uncommutable on one end or another. But. At the same time, the flying is awesome and the plane is great. So far this month on reserve I’ve gotten some great places. But at the same time, I dropped a day of reserve so I could back into filling up and avoid 4 days of SC.
If seniority progression is important to you, the ER probably isn’t the plane for you. I’m perma 83-85% in base for the last 7 months after a pretty good boost when I first got here. The reality is, the fleet is shrinking and the 76 retirements are happening. There won’t be a steady stream of people in behind you. If you don’t mind commuting to SC and want to go cool places for a bit, then this is the plane for you. I don’t regret at all having come to this fleet for a bit. A great start to my career here.