‘Thanks guys. It’s not listed yet. Trip is in August. Will try later.

Denny

 

I did a charter back before covid. It was an easily commutable (both sides) four day with less than 6 hours of total block time.

 

A lot of these F/As have flown these teams for years and know them quite well. They're real pros. It's fun to watch the show, but stay out of their way. The pilots are usually the least experienced cogs in that machine.

 

I'm also considering the 7ER when I come off leave in a few months. I'm less than 2 years on property, but still a lot of guys below me going to the ER. Showed 90% for me. What's your rough seniority?

 

NYC 7ERB. 3.5 years on property.

Will be around 50% once the current AE converts assuming the empty holes get filled by new hires.

70% or so if they don't.

70%/85% in ATL

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I am assuming you have a line in NY? How was reserve on the 7ER. Lot of short call?

My commute would be substantially easier in ATL, so might go there.

 

I commute from ORF.

I actually care more about specific days off than line/reserve so I quite often was one of the senior guys on 'normal' reserve at 85% pre covid. If you looked at the wide, you'd have a few senior guys who bid to roll thunder or not work, then a bunch of line holders, the occasional reseve then if be right on the "crappy line or reserve mostly on days I want it" zone.

I'd do long call at home and only go up if I got short call. I've stayed in NYC because while there are more direct atl flights, there are still times I can't make legal callouts.

NYC if I get a 12 hour call right as the last flight is leaving (I'm 20 minutes from ORF) I can still drive, (6 hours) go to my crash pad and sleep and make it easily.

I wasn't senior enough to never get called, so I'd yellow slip Europe and Africa. Dozing for dollars and surfing in Dakar.

Line side, I'd bid MEX a lot, try to get 3 in a row or swap with pot to get there. At the time MEX was uncommutable on the front and tight on the back. Legal to do back to back, but if you were delayed more than 30min which was common, you'd get removed with pay. If it was the middle trip I'd hang out in NYC and fish for GS if coverage was thin or WS a day turn on the 2nd day if those were there but good reserve coverage. If 3rd trip was removed id just go home.



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Another point, there are a lot of spots that need filled in NY, every bid will ha e spots going forward. They had 188 spots to fill after the April AE, and some of the new hires since moved to ATL on the July bid. So for the foreseeable future lots of ER NYC new hires will keep coming, and push up relative seniority.

 

7ER in 2021 = MD88 in 2007 + some transoceanic + some wifi maybe.

That is all. ;-)

 

I’d add “+air conditioning” and “+shorter layovers than 2007”, but your post is 100% accurate.