There aren't many reasons, but I have been able to pick up a trip via yellow slip into my off days that got me to greater than ALV, which allowed me to take an extra week off. With manning where it is right now, chances of making that happen are slim to none. No YS's for me anytime soon.

A lot of guys do that to get Christmas, New Years Eve or Thanksgiving off. Fill up early and then stay home.

He didn't know what he was talking about. For the purposes of Carl, all SWA flight attendants are hot. They don't like cats, they buy beers for the crew on layovers, and they do the walkarounds when its raining or the temperature is below 70 degrees.


It's a no-brainer. I'm about to PM the grouch.

anyone commute out of BNA or CHA to atl? I'm thinking about choosing to commute since my base ain't here beyond April. I like Tennessee income tax, gun and homeschool laws. 10 flights a day on Delta in between ATL and BNA/CHA. tell me why I ought to pay Georgia income tax and put up with the traffic from Newnan. Have a great day.

Light bulb moment here. Thanks.

As a DC-9 guy, I fly to BNA quite a bit. CHA, not so much. I can tell you that not even once have I been so full/overweight that I had to leave a j/s pilot at the gate for any BNA-ATL flight that I have worked. I think that would be a good choice, IF you want to commute. I'm a 'live-in-base on-reserve kinda' guy. Reserve is good to me here at DAL.
Good luck w/ your decision.

The Captain I trained with on the -88 lives in Nashville. He use to fly out of MEM but is now ATL based and it's an easy commute...plus you can drive 4 hours as a last resort. Sounds sensible to me.

I personally would choose CHA because it is drivable. The stress of flying commuting is too much, plus I have heard CHA is a really nice city. The RJ flights sometimes have weight issues, but with the option to drive that wouldn't be a big problem. You could always sit long call reserve at home, and maybe even short call.

For whatever its worth there really isn't any traffic from Newnan, SFWB

The PWA is more stringent than the current FAR's. Those protections survived bankruptcy (when management tried to gut them in 1113C, just like AMR is now). The new FTDT rules are more lenient in certain areas than the PWA, and substantially tighter in others. We pocket the tighter areas because it's the law. The more lenient ones management has to negotiate to include in the book. That's leverage, not a Chicken Little moment.