Originally Posted by
AF OneWire
I don’t know why the jealous old timers or the youngsters who choose to upgrade, think it’s such a great deal. These young captains are going to be working weekends flying redeyes or on reserve for 10 years. I’m mid seniority in the company and I keep holding off on the upgrade until I’d have a reasonable quality of life.
the red eyes depend on the base. If you’re East Coast there’s not that many, and there are enough people that want to fly them for commuting/personal reasons. You really don’t need to fly redeyes as a junior lineholder at all.
Now reserve and weekends. Yeah.