Yes. NYC is horrible. Stay away. :D

Can't agree more. I finally get to stop commuting and now I get 5 day crappy domestic trips! But on the upside I get to drive to work at 4 AM and back home at midnight or even better at 6 AM.

The commuters for the ER here want them, but then bid to the int'l stuff since you work less and get about the same amount of time. So the local guys get to fly this crap. This month I have two back to back 5 day trips both with red eyes. I don't mind flying a red eye but not ending with one and then starting with one. 117 SUCKS! :eek:

Yeah - it looks like Delta wants to drastically cut trans-Atlantic flying and put those passengers on VA instead. And we are about to agree to it.

I'm guessing this has something to do with the Virgin Atlantic joint venture. Could you please explain? The answers to the above questions are 56,812 and 67.02%. My preschool daughter could answer those questions.

So upgrade time is about the same whether you are an RJ pilot at Skywest, Expressed or Delta.



:D

Yes, back in the "good ole days":(. It was a 9 day 6 PAC worth 78.55 commutable on both ends. It usually went very very senior.

You could easily guarantee yourself 30 days off between trips and if an unfortunate sick occurrence would happen, you now had over 60 days of uninterrupted time with the family.

I have flown both the longer trips (12 to 14 day) and the shorter 3 day trips. My wife and family (raised 4 kids) all agree we prefer the longer trips since Dad is home more often and at longer periods. Although, the 3 day trips at NWA did have an attraction to many, but with our post merger contract, they became crappy 4 day trips that are avoided.

Our Rotation Construction Committee is tasked with a thankless job of trying to satisfy everyone's needs and IMHO they seem to be doing a good job. I appreciate their efforts but do realize they are constrained by different limitations we as "line smucks" don't recognize or see.

All the best,

OC

Amen. You get mugged all the time. Lose hubcaps. And develop an accent. Plus you have to cover all 3 airports.

Stay away!

Really, you DO have to cover all three airports. Hoping you won't have to fly out of (insert least favorite here) is not a good bidding strategy. Whining about it after the fact is not a winning plan either.

We should get your daughter on the negotiating committee.