or publicly debate whether to bid 7era or 320a. Possibly even bidding nyc domicile while living in Atl (nttawwt). 1st world problems.

 

Why switch airplanes let alone manufacturers for nearly the same pay rate?

 

NYC73N has none. The NEO takeover has begun

I'm based in ATL Shawty. Probably bidding NYC7ERA in the fall when we get more clarity on fleet plans for the next 2-3 years

 

I think the 320A in ATL and NYC will get more senior as they begin to retire the 767-3’s and the MAX10 is delayed until 2027/28.

As the 7ER shrinks to mostly 757s it will do less international and more 3-4 leg days shuffling people in/out of Florida. The appeal of that will wane quickly when the pay on the NEO is the same and the trips are arguably better.

 

You're probably close to 330A also now? Or gonna ride it out on the ER first?

 

Yeah ER first. Got fly the 757 plus fly some of those fun, challenging SAQ airport approaches (JAC, SXM, EGE, STT, UIO, SJO etc etc) before heading to the cushy pure WB world. Plus 7ER to 765 is a quick school.

 

Woof. Based on your post here I decided to take a look at the NYC 73 bid pack for July. Dang. What happened? Looks like old -88 trips. Lot's of touching ATL too. Tons of Florida stuff as well as in and out of LGA (bleck). Seems the only decent trips I saw in my curosry glance was UVF, but that's all out of EWR. Looks like 73NA in NYC is about to get REALLY junior. Who'd want to fly that crap? Yuck. Have a buddy on it, he's very senior, he's going to bid off it to 330A. He'll have very very good seniority there as well. He loved the carribean flying. Pretty much all he did. He said after April, May and June he saw the writing on the wall. He's out.

I'd go to the 7ER trip. Then like you said slide over to 765 - short course and you're done. Unless you don't have a burning desire to stay in left seat, then I'd slide into 330B and wait until you get seniority to bid 330A (which shouldn't be too long from now for you). The airbus is easy. Many old farts made the switch after decades on boeings/Mc D's. It's not that hard. It's actually a very easy airplane. It's genesis was making it easy to operate for third world pilots to fly so there you go.

 

Yup NYC73N lost Aruba and the entire Dominican Republic. Brave New World.

Definitely going 7ER. Good variety on that fleet.

 

Always has been.

I don't know, when I was talking with my 73 buddy the other day I mentioned he might want to wait a bit. Once they start littering the carribean airports with broken airbi, there might be a change . He always thought the reason the NY 73 guys had a capture on that flying was the crazy reliability of the 73. It just goes and goes and goes. I guess network has a different idea. Whatever, not in my wheelhouse.

For you I would get to the WB stuff as quickly as possible. It's a whole other world. I know some say they don't like it becasue they can't sleep, or timezones, or whatever. I've been doing it for a long time and I'll tell you time zones (other than coming from Asia back to USA) aren't a big thing for me. Those 4 leg bangers for 3 days + in the -88 (I was younger then) took more out of me than an int'l trip does that's for sure!

Regardless, I've been here awhile. Network is always swapping flying around. That is one constant. When I talk to junior folks I remind them of this. BES seniority drive lots of things as you know. Sometimes one has to look at like it's just a job, and in a few days you'll be home again. How much you're home depends on you and your seniority in your BES.

 

none of the Caribbean trips are easily commutable in NYC though. Buyer beware