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#11
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Thank you for the info, I will have to check that out.
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What are most of the 73 dc trips like? Been hearing mixed things. But nothing as tough as lga w am starts and really late pm finishes. Are they SW busy? Was told not much international either. Any truth to that? Yesterday was my last day at previous job. 18 days to try and gather up info or some sort of game plan for yr1. (Which history says the opposite will happen to anyone planning anything in av) plan worst hope best. Isn’t that how it goes?
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DCA 737 trips are a mixed bag, all domestic (including Canada and Mexico.) No other international but that will change when they start combining domestic and international later this year, expect to see Caribbean stuff going thru other bases when that happens. Lots of transcons, 1-2 leg days mostly, with the very occasional 3-leg day. We do tons of DCA-LAX, DCA-PHX, BWI-PHX and I think one or two IAD-LAX. The rest of the flying starts with a leg to the other hubs (DFW, ORD, MIA, CLT and the occasional MCO, TPA, etc.) Then you fly thru the whole system from there. Mostly 2 and 3 day trips with a smattering of turns. Lots of early am starts (some even depart at 0530!), but those tend to get back early pm. Quite a few early pm starts also that get back late. There are a few trips that start early and get back late, mostly out of BWI.
DCA has the most flying, closely followed by BWI. IAD is very scarce. I’d say the approximate percentages are 65% DCA, 37% BWI and 3% IAD.
It’s a nice mix of flying, and an awesome small base where everyone pretty much knows each other. Great chief pilot and union reps. You can almost get it as a new hire, as discussed above. CA upgrade, well it took me 18 years to finally hold DCA 737 CA (I’m a Feb 2000 hire) but it’s slowly moving more junior, it went all the way down to a mid-late 2000 hire in the last bid run. It used to be way more senior than that. Currently it is down to 9800 seniority out of around 14500
DCA has the most flying, closely followed by BWI. IAD is very scarce. I’d say the approximate percentages are 65% DCA, 37% BWI and 3% IAD.
It’s a nice mix of flying, and an awesome small base where everyone pretty much knows each other. Great chief pilot and union reps. You can almost get it as a new hire, as discussed above. CA upgrade, well it took me 18 years to finally hold DCA 737 CA (I’m a Feb 2000 hire) but it’s slowly moving more junior, it went all the way down to a mid-late 2000 hire in the last bid run. It used to be way more senior than that. Currently it is down to 9800 seniority out of around 14500
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For awhile two weeks (40 numbers) was a big difference. Difference between mid lack rsv, and great trips, vs junior rsv and lousy trips.
But the guy to ask what the difference one number meant is aa73, he’s the SME. ;-))
But the guy to ask what the difference one number meant is aa73, he’s the SME. ;-))
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DCA 737 trips are a mixed bag, all domestic (including Canada and Mexico.) No other international but that will change when they start combining domestic and international later this year, expect to see Caribbean stuff going thru other bases when that happens. Lots of transcons, 1-2 leg days mostly, with the very occasional 3-leg day. We do tons of DCA-LAX, DCA-PHX, BWI-PHX and I think one or two IAD-LAX. The rest of the flying starts with a leg to the other hubs (DFW, ORD, MIA, CLT and the occasional MCO, TPA, etc.) Then you fly thru the whole system from there. Mostly 2 and 3 day trips with a smattering of turns. Lots of early am starts (some even depart at 0530!), but those tend to get back early pm. Quite a few early pm starts also that get back late. There are a few trips that start early and get back late, mostly out of BWI.
DCA has the most flying, closely followed by BWI. IAD is very scarce. I’d say the approximate percentages are 65% DCA, 37% BWI and 3% IAD.
It’s a nice mix of flying, and an awesome small base where everyone pretty much knows each other. Great chief pilot and union reps. You can almost get it as a new hire, as discussed above. CA upgrade, well it took me 18 years to finally hold DCA 737 CA (I’m a Feb 2000 hire) but it’s slowly moving more junior, it went all the way down to a mid-late 2000 hire in the last bid run. It used to be way more senior than that. Currently it is down to 9800 seniority out of around 14500
DCA has the most flying, closely followed by BWI. IAD is very scarce. I’d say the approximate percentages are 65% DCA, 37% BWI and 3% IAD.
It’s a nice mix of flying, and an awesome small base where everyone pretty much knows each other. Great chief pilot and union reps. You can almost get it as a new hire, as discussed above. CA upgrade, well it took me 18 years to finally hold DCA 737 CA (I’m a Feb 2000 hire) but it’s slowly moving more junior, it went all the way down to a mid-late 2000 hire in the last bid run. It used to be way more senior than that. Currently it is down to 9800 seniority out of around 14500
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Also the train goes to FLL and PBI. Rare to get a non MIA trip on reserve but I did get some. And then there is hangin out at the beach.
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