One of our esteemed 717As around here mentioned he still had his Embraer Brasilia 4 day trip pairing from his ASA days and it was the same exact city pairs as he had on 717. JAN, AGS, stuff.

And you guys wanted all that RJ flying back. This is what you get.

So true! That has been the mantra for a while, be careful what you wish for, I guess. Now we just need a fleet to put all those 5-7 leg days into the bid package. Oh wait, here you go 717 pilots.

When I look at 717 trips these days I tell myself I used to do this for 35k a year and no Auto Throttles.

Really miss the long legs(except red eyes) and very nice layovers on the 73.

That’s a good way to put it into perspective.

If the short range flying had never upguaged to mainline, I'd probably still be flying it anyways and waiting to get hired. I too had regional trips that look nearly identical to here on the Bus. Compared to a regional job with zero future life certainty,
I'll gladly fly those SLC-ABQ/BOI/BZN/PSC kinda routes with the DL contract & seniorty# while awaiting bigger n' better. Shoot, let's keep recapturing and grow this seniority list.

I think the vast majority would agree with you.


I does become interesting/entertaining though, when "the few" start complaining about how miserable their QOL is at Delta and all the "fixes" that Delta/ALPA need to make

Kind of like the eternal my category is understaffed and I can’t drop my trips verses my category is overstaffed and I can’t get Greenslips. The every Thursday joke has a lot of truth in it!

Wait. Wait. Hold up. You mean i have to work EVERY Thursday?

Jet engine v pilot at gate joke applies as well