If you're looking for less legs stay put on the 73. With all the Florida flying the 7ER will likely get you more legs. Top 50% in ATL you shouldn't do more than 3 legs a day unless by choice

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And by next summer the 73n seniority will probably be better than 7erb. Just a guess, but we’ve seen this show before where new hires go to 7erb but then stagnate for a loooong time compared to the other junior nb fleets.

 

Yeah, I think I will stay put for now. And with the additional 737-900ERs that should create some movement whenever they start to show up. Thanks for the intel guys.

 

Freezingflyboy and NoDeskJob are right about most of it. They are just different and easy. They pop up in open time as a 2 day (really a 1 day) and it’s like flying for another airline for a day. They typically start and end in DH’s were you can deviate and work a day less. You typically fly 1 or 2 legs. The food is usually really good. NBA has healthy stuff (but tasty) and MLB eats like children. I even like the reposition legs with an empty jet that you call for taxi from the Atlantic FBO and then yell at the charter coordinator through the open cockpit door that your taking off. You are completely on the teams time, so that means sometimes missing flights and plenty of sitting around, but missing a flight can mean more pay and I think of it as being paid to sit around and read my book. The coordinators are hard working and good at their job. I couldn’t do their job because they are nomads living out of suitcases. To me they live like Quantum Leap wondering if the next flight will be the one home. I couldn’t do them all the time, but once a month or so is fun.

 

Sorry for the thread drift but I’m scheduled for a charter trip next month. Is there anyway to tell who it is for and whether you are flying them both ways or if one leg is a positioning flight?

Denny

 

Search “charter packets” on Deltanet. It will give you all the details down to the phone number of the person who is fluffing the pillows.

Sports team charters hand pick the cabin crew, so expect above average FAs on those flights.

 

Search the flight number you think it is on Deltanet the charter sheet should come up.

 

Expect way above average flight attendants. They take much better care of the cockpit as well as the passengers. Delta’s ability to allow teams to pick flight attendants gives us a big advantage over many other airlines.

 

Probably one of the advantages of our FAs being non union.

 

Charters were great initially on the 319. Basically a 3 or 4 day trip with nothing but charter or ferry legs following NBA teams. Then they changed the trips to include normal passenger legs mixed in with the Charters and they went from great trips to crappy multi leg days with lots of redeye. I haven't done them in about 8 years so not sure what they're like now.