It was an honest observation and I was thinking the same thing. It's a "boy have times changed" joke. The funny part is, for a lot of us slugging it out on the M88 or DC9 or side saddle was the new hire way. Luck was if you got the base you wanted instead of NYC or DTW. We were suckers I guess, we should have put off the seniority until we could hold Hawaii. Which means we would have been in the same new hire class. Gramps out!

 

I’m convinced ATL 7ERB is the worst category in the company.

 

Supposing you didn't mind regional style flying but wanted better overnights, would 7ER really be that bad?

Also, is the training pipeline still backed up worse than other aircraft?

 

One thing I do love about it is the charter flying gives some variety and long layovers in cool spots you normally won’t do on the fleet, for example you can get long Canada layovers on NBA or NHL charters (I have a 30 hour Toronto I wanted so I could go to Maple Leafs game).

also it’s almost all big cities, so you don’t get many of the “regional” airports almost at all. I also like big city downtown layovers. It’s hard to say what the next few years look like on the fleet with the neos, they want to cut the overall total NM down by 500 I think is what they said on the townhall recently. One thing I’ve noticed is they say something then the bids a few months later show something else or they need relief with 757 or 767 to do something for a few months (like taking back London from JFK and SEA for a couple months for example).

I have enjoyed flying the airplane and there is good stuff but just know a good chunk of the ATL trips are pretty long days, lots of legs, and Florida shuttles. Hope that gives you a decent idea

 

…compared to other 7ER bases

 

Would ATL 7ER be mostly-commutable in the first year or is that something that will take time to hold? I'm a new hire living in Florida and considering ATL 7ER as #1 choice (for those home layovers!) and probably 320 and 73N in sequence... but I keep reading that the category sucks. Figure FL flying won't bother me as much as some. There are 5-7 mainline flights a day from my home airport, getting in as early as 730am, and departing ATL as late as 1050pm. Planning to move into base within a year (or commuting elsewhere from ATL if I can't hold it from indoc) but just wondering how the first couple months would go as a new guy. Thanks in advance!

 

when does your second option land? DLs. Commuter clause requires 2 flights. PS commuting is set to end next month.

lots of early AM departures on junior ATL ER trips. Probably gonna be getting a few hotels but I think you will find that in junior trips on most narrow body categories.

 

845 is the next arrival to ATL. Expecting to get some hotels but hoping not for too long. Thank you.

 

How about that September 27th drop?

 

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