Originally Posted by
AntiCompanyMan
I left for United in 2023 and I fly exclusively turns (last overnight was a year ago, excluding recurrent). That's the beauty of a big airline; something for everyone. If it makes you feel better about staying at F9, thats fine, but the sort of schedule you describe is (or was) easily obtainable at a legacy
I am glad you got this schedule, I also had that schedule until I upgraded, now I am flying the crappier trips, but my friend has been at Delta as long as I have been at F9 and he is no where near that kind of schedule, he usually does 2 or 3 days, occasionally 4 days. Turns for the 320 in ATL for instance, go extremely senior for FOs and CAs alike.
What you got, was good timing. Everyone else who chooses to leave now or soon will be stuck at the bottom with terrible progression and stagnant seniority in 5 or so years when the huge retirements stop.
For instance (I know its just a tool and not 100% accurate) but widget seniority said if I got hired on at Delta now, I would see 99% seniority on the CA side of a 330 the last 2 years of my career which is in 34 years... ATL 320 CA would be 5 years.
United and AA are different too depending on a lot of stuff.
I am a CA on a bus in the base I want to live right now and I have 36 years left to go in my career. I couldn't imagine trading what I have now for anything else.