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Perusing through the bid pack, there's a 6 leg day trip on the ATL A-320 on Valentine's day. Yikes!!

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1111823)

Perusing through the bid pack, there's a 6 leg day trip on the ATL A-320 on Valentine's day. Yikes!!

I used to dread the 6 legs in my previous a/c , but once I went to the Airbus I noticed they are much easier to do ... although I still don't want them on my schedule :D

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Originally Posted by PilotFrog (Post 1111675)

My cousin works at the Alta lodge. Says the snow up there has been TERRIBLE this year.

No argument there. Not up to their usual great standards. Let's hope Mother Nature comes back from vacation SOON with several epic snow storms. :rolleyes:
News today had a segment indicating many are concerned about snow pack run-off and local water supplies.

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Originally Posted by Dash8widget (Post 1111698)

Just as a heads up - I also finished my college on the 12+ year program and I can say that it was a MAJOR topic of discussion during my DL interview. Not finishing school in the traditional manner was a big red flag but I was prepared to talk about it - which was a good thing since a good chunk on the interview time was spent discussing it. I did have some things going for me though - I finished school strong (graduated with honors), and had advanced far at my regional airline (chief check airman, APD, etc.) and I think those things were able to offset my unusual collage path.

Congrats on finally getting it done and good luck!

Thanks! I'm prepared to talk about it. I made a mistake taking a 4 year hiatus and think that it shows character to go back after starting a career and having 2 young kids. I'm hoping they see it that way at least!

Now if we could just get those RJ's out of LGA and get some mainline growth maybe I could get the nod:)

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Originally Posted by DAL 88 Driver (Post 1111740)

Yep. And your point is?

Manage expectations.

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Originally Posted by Howgozit (Post 1111767)

I just looked at 320 open time in NYC for feb and 90% of them are 1 day trips. I thought that someone said that the trips will be 4 or 5 days... :confused:

This is why alot of BOS pilots did not bid NYC. The co cannot claim to care about QOL and then build such horrble trips.

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Originally Posted by Timbo (Post 1111819)

ATL-NRT is about the shortest International leg we do on the 777. The Whale will do it...maybe in the winter it might be tough, then it can be over 15 going west. But sometimes on the way home it's not even 12hrs. Last time I flew it it was about 11hrs. I threatened to sit in F/C all the way home and let them 3 man it! Now that we are doing NRT-MSP, that is shorter.

Any of you Whale drivers know what the max range (time or distance) is with a full load of pax? How many 4 pilot, over 12hr. legs do they fly?

Well JFK this time of year is about 13:25 airborne, pretty much full up on gas/pax/MGTOW and that gets in to NRT with an avg of 29-35K FOB. Looking at Wiki looks like UAL and Quantus do a few 15:25 routes, but not sure what they are doing with loads.

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 1111700)

I agree that more time will move to DTW from ATL when the fences come down. I also bet we see the 787-900 about that time too.

I'll be long retired by the time that shows up. :D (14 years to 65)

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Originally Posted by NERD (Post 1111705)

You beat me to it. Once in ATL I predict that DALPA will want a higher payrate for the whale vs. the 777.

I hope not. I would rather see all the widebodies pay the same... personally. Since we have so few of the "super-duper premium" stuff, yada yada yada.

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Originally Posted by Gearjerk (Post 1111743)

It's 47F right now in Bismarck, N.D. with an expected high of 51F today, and a high of 57.............yes, +57 degrees Fahrenheit expected tomorrow. :)

GJ

The chicks... er.. young women must be out in bikinis! :D