We have it all:
4/3, 5/2 turns (senior)
4/3, 5/2 stand ups (senior, no idea why...)
2 day back-to-backs
4/3
3/4
...and everything in between...

 

What he said ^^

 

I just noticed that the Chicago airports were listed as MDW/ORD...are they two separate bases or are they a combined base? I know it sounds like a bit of a silly question, but they wouldn't ever start a trip in one and end it in the other would they?

 

How quickly could a newhire hold Chicago? Is Chicago mostly all Apple Vacation flying?

 

Chicago is a split or dual base. You fly out of both airports. Reserve required you be within an hour of both, which isn't a problem. The base is fairly small, about 35 crews. 75% of the flying is out of ORD, and it's apple vacation charter flights. They are all to great destinations, Punta Cana, Jamica, and a bunch of places in Mexico. It's great flying. The charter flights operate exactly as normal flights. The Chicago base is pretty much junior to Denver. In my new hire class of 12, we all bid for Denver and the junior 4 people got Chicago. I was based in Chicago for about 6 weeks until i got back to Denver. My time in Chicago was very enjoyable. Great crews, great flying.

As a new hire now, if you bid Chicago I'm sure you would get it. Under the new ownership (indigo) I would guesse the Chicago base might eventually close and move east. I don't think Indigo will want to be pinned down by Apple Vacation contacts, but I don't know how profitable they are, so it's just a guess. From flying them the last few weeks I can say that the load factors are sky high. I'm sure they are well over 90%. However, with Frontiers success at Trenton, I would not be surprised to see it become a small domicile. They are going to be running 60 flights a week out of TTN by this summer... Seems like a small domicile is bound to happen. Frontier is growing right now for sure. By this summer there will be a considerable increase in block hours.

 

Management has stated vaguely that CHI will close and an East coast base will open sometime in 2014. All indications are a TTN-PHL-ILM type of base.

Non of this is official but we have announced a lot of growth out of TTN.

 

We currently bid hard lines and then add/drop/swap with a few restrictions. I have worked at pref-bid airlines as well as hard line airlines and the F9 system is by far the best in my humble opinion. I expect Indigo will attempt to rape our scheduling work rules. Time will tell. Once you are a line holder life is pretty good. Crew Scheduling currently eats our RSV's like those robots in the "war of the worlds" movie.

 

Anyone have any intel as to how marketable one is if you have an A320 type rating in pocket to get on over here. (6000TT, 3000PIC Jet btw, not in type)

Thanks

 

When does the Apple Vacations contract end?

 

Anyone here going to the WAI in March?