Judge Smails

Transcon 2 days would be awesome. I'm guessing those go very senior though.

Sliceback

Best domestic flying in the business. Senior trips are awesome. Late afternoon departure, grab couple of beers, nap, grab a breakfast 'bomb' (burrito...you'll understand about 2/3's of the way through it), get home in time for a normal/late dinner. What's not to like about it? Obviously those go senior.

A fair amount of all nighters coming back most of the time. 3x? But some guys make them work. I used to ***** about the early AM JFK-LAX, midday 10+ hr break, and all nighter home. CP Bob S. "before you complain look who's bidding them?" Damn...they went more senior than you'd expect. Talked with a senior FO flying them - I miss that day with my son. Do my long training runs (marathon buildup) in LAX where the wx's better, grab a 15-20 minute nap of Kansas (you're not missing anything over Kansas at night at FL350-370. ;-) ) I'm home to take him to school, sleep while he's at school, and pick him up from school. Seven or 8 trips a month, I miss 7-8 days of his life and have 22-24 days with him. I can't beat that."

TallFlyer

The short version is one man's trash is another's treasure. Also, some are willing to pay a different price to get what they want. This job is all about options.

mammywhammy

Any guesses if this is indicative of the base, or is this just a snapshot of one bid packet? I’m 737D if that matters. Still in training. Picked BOS on a whim just because I only wanted to cover 1 instead of 3 airports, and no nonstops to LGA for a commute.

For a minute I had been thinking throwing in a MBE bid for LGA, but if the bulk is in LGA (which was my initial assumption anyway) and I can only reasonably commute to 2 out of 3 airports, I’ll probably just stick with Boston as planned and see if I can get ORD DFW or LAX (multi base but it’s so close to home).

TallFlyer

All things being equal you will have the fastest seniority increase in the LGA domicile so it's worth looking at JFK as well to see what that looks like. But in all practicality you're going to be better off in a domicile closer to home until you can get on the 320 or they open a PHX 737 base.

flybub

Reviving this thread for this question. Heading to new hire class next month and I'm stoked. Anyway, as for now I will be a commuter. Gross, I know. My wife has put up with my career for years and now and our next move is to CLT to be closer to her family (probably not for at least 3 or 4 years though). We live northeast of CVG and NY is the easiest commute although CLT has 6 flights a day so not awful. However, I know LGA is junior so that's what I'm expecting. Until we make the move, does the airplane in NYC matter when it comes to QOL? I know commuting to reserve is a bad decision, but it is what it is for now and I'll make it work. Would I have similar QOL on the 320 vs the 73? Are the trips comparable on the 320 vs the 73 (want to maximize my days off so are trips higher credit on one airplane vs the other)? Would I hold a line quicker on one airplane vs the other?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and I look forward to joining you all soon.

AArdwolf

You're seniority will move quicker on the 737 side cause everyone and their grandma wants the bus I guess. It also has better trips as a lot of the airbus does shuttle trips the regionals once did. The good ones are snapped up by the seniors.

flybub

That's what I was looking for. Much appreciated!

AllYourBaseAreB

airbus has a ton of leisurely, no redeye, transcon 2 days. The shuttle flying isnt that bad, compared to a lot of the crap in CLT and DFW

CRJJ

Man CLT flying sucks SO much, I don’t get it. I’m sure top 20-30% ain’t too bad but geez