PM sent with the contact info -

Thank you!

looks like you got a lot of variety to choose from, and you should be able to get ATL. I'll see you on your NY layovers!

Trying to soak up all the great advice regarding aircraft bidding!

A slightly more specific question regarding NYC flying distribution, I would appreciate your thoughts:

Whats the rough split of LGA/JFK/EWR pairings?

I tried to look at departure numbers - is it safe to say that a reserve guy / junior lineholder is most likely to get called to / have pairings in LGA?

does the split differ much between the 737/MD88/A320?

We will need to move to NYC so I am trying to research what areas make most sense for a FNG. (my wife will ask to transfer to the NYC office of her company so will need to live somewhere in the city anyways so she can get to work in Manhattan, just trying to minimize the transportation headaches...)

thanks!

LI is expensive but is the easiest to get to LGA/JFK(no bridges or tunnels/tolls). Check out Huntington or pt Jefferson station. Lots of airline guys in those areas.

[QUOTE=Flying Elvis;1655160]That's huge.

I wonder if that's going to drive creative scheduling, though, and make trips less commutable. For sure, I can see that changing some folks' bidding strategies. If you were senior enough to bid two sets of those linked back-to-back, then another one by itself, you could get an 82hr line with two 5-day blocks, one 3-day block, all commutable together, and 17-18 days home.

At the least, it dis-incentivizes multiple red-eyes (if those are even permissible at DAL).


Flying Elvis,

I am having a hard time with the math on this:

At current rigs (5 * 13.5) the above schedule would only pay 67.5 hours.

With the 5:15 duty rig starting in November it would still only
pay (5 * 15.25) 76:15 hours.

I don't see where you are getting 82 hours.

As you suggest the trip construction will change, but I think it will generally make them more commutable as we will fly more each day and have less days with no duty periods.

Scoop

Maybe he's thinking of higher time trips? Some 5-day trips already pay 28 hours or so, and some 3-day trips pay 17-18.

It sounds like two classes of 50 each in July (100 total) and then 72 total in August (probably back to 3 classes of 24 each).

Anyone seen the drop for 16 Jun?
Cheers!

You mean 2 Jun? I was hoping to see it as well. First class of 50 for this hiring cycle, right?

This spreadsheet looks likes it's not being updated, unfortunately.