How many first officers are there for the CR7? By the time I start in January, the 175 will be offered up again, but commuting from GRR seems like it would be better off to select an older plane with first officers who are upgrading off of it, and an easier commute with 14 flights to ORD and 3 to MDW per day, as opposed to a newer plane that won't have upgrades coming for at least two more years and only 3 flights to DFW. Am I wrong in thinking that the CR7 is a better option? Shiny new jets are nice, but QOL on the CR7 seems like it would be better.

 

Good to hear, thanks for the quick response.

 

For that commute, CRJ and 145 ORD sound like the easiest gig.

 

Last I checked, there are 159 FOs in the CRJ. With the latest Captain awards, there will be 31 CRJ FOs upgrading.

 

Thanks. I've made up my mind. Airplanes are airplanes. Bring on ORD (if they offer it that is). Back to ATP prep.

 

You'll thank yourself for that decision. Probably end up with Grand Rapids overnights too.

 

The mainline 737 is a pain? I guess I was spoiled, my one experience on the new config (that is if the new config in 2012 is the same as now) I got dished out 7C, bulkhead! Stretched my legs so easily into the wide F aisle. Shame that the beautiful new Boeing sky cabin was for the quick MIA-TPA hop after a kinda dreadful 763 MAD-MIA that looked like it hadn't been upgraded in the back ever; still original bins and slthe seats very well could have been from the 80s. Only one FA would even talk to the pax who spoke Spanish at all during the flight (including myself and many others travelling with me, I was returning from a class immersion trip in Spain and I was still en moda Espanol,) the others refused and outright ignored us. And they were based in MIA, one of the largest Spanish speaking communities in the US? From MAD, the capital of Spain?

Eh enough about cruddy FAs, every airline has some.
Was it the seat panning forwards that was the problem? I was excitiled to try that out, I knew Cathay had similar seats, and I'm a massive Cathay fangirl, but having no seat in front of me kinda didn't give me the proper experience.

As for the CFI program, perhaps I'll contact Envoy directly. Response may be a bit biased but since I'm heavily leaning towards it I'll want to know as much as I can about it.

Also sorry if I'm droning on a bit about off-topic stuff, if it's inappropriate, just tell me to shut up and get back on topic.

 

Those NOV schedules are garbage. Tons of 11 and 12 day off lines with no cadence. No straight day trips, 2 days, or 3 days. Just plain awful.

 

Talking about schedules union had said aag was giving mid day flying back to eliminate those long sits, if they did the block sequence still come out average 17.5 hours for a 4 day. Well done

 

...again, this is misinformation. just because the 175 is a newer plane, it doesn't mean you or anyone recently hired will have a faster
upgrade than potential new hires choosing the "older" jets!!!

GRR to ORD is a much better option, than holding out for that 175 in dfw!

enjoy