Originally Posted by Freds Ex

How do you feel about spending half or all of your day commuting to MEM or IND to then fly a 4-5hr flight that is scheduled to leave at 3:00am back to the west coast landing just before sunrise if you're lucky and then try to sleep while the maids knock on your door and vacuum the hallway in worse hotels than most regionals stay at these days and then go back in as the sun begins to set to fly to MEM or IND to sit in the middle of the night for 2-3 hours while freight is sorted and then fly to the east coast watching the sun rise as you land and then do that again for 4 more nights before you go sit in the jumpseat lounge with the lights on full bright at 1:00am waiting for your 4 hour ride home in a 767 jumpseat next to the lav with cockpit lights set to full bright from toc to tod and then you land hopefully before sunrise/rush hour to drive home and mutter to yourself as you get ready to sleep your weekend away in recovery about how the guys who have to deal with the cat ranchers and self loading cargo don't have it as good as you even though you don't know when the last time you've had regular bowel movements was and you're netting less $$ than you'd make flying a narrow-body at a legacy.

OAK will likely close (again) when the APAC 767 flying gets outsourced.