Senior NB vs Junior WB
#11
Line Holder
Joined APC: Mar 2019
Position: 737, ALL of the seats
Posts: 44
At Southwest it would be better to be a senior narrowbody pilot over a junior narrowbody pilot.
However when we get the 797, I would go with senior 797 over junior narrow body.
Hawaii and Alaska will be ours at that point...maybe even JetBlue, depends how saucy I’m feeling.
However when we get the 797, I would go with senior 797 over junior narrow body.
Hawaii and Alaska will be ours at that point...maybe even JetBlue, depends how saucy I’m feeling.
#12
Banned
Joined APC: May 2015
Posts: 201
I do a few international trips a year now and always bookend a few days each side. On the destination side to actually see a few things (how many of us have been so many places but seen so little) but also just to not be a zombie. The return side is just so I can get back to taking my constitutional at the regular and enjoyable time. Everything changes when you are older, though my younger self never believed it.
I don’t know if I am better or worse for the experience. That is the funny reflective part of life. What I do know now is I can’t do it anymore, I am a real *****.
#13
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2005
Posts: 323
Now reading "Why We Sleep" by Matthew Walker, because of this podcast. It's (ahem) eye-opening.
#15
I read the book and listened to the entire JRE podcast.
The podcast was great, but you must read the book.
Anyone in this line of work should read it. It confirmed my personal policy of 'babying' my own rest. It's not something to be intentionally sacrificed more than 1-2 nights per month. I say intentional because if people have an infant etc. then stuff happens but to be routinely bidding a schedule full of 6AM reports on day one with a redeye to wrap it up, you're not-so-slowly killing yourself.
The podcast was great, but you must read the book.
Anyone in this line of work should read it. It confirmed my personal policy of 'babying' my own rest. It's not something to be intentionally sacrificed more than 1-2 nights per month. I say intentional because if people have an infant etc. then stuff happens but to be routinely bidding a schedule full of 6AM reports on day one with a redeye to wrap it up, you're not-so-slowly killing yourself.
#17
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2007
Posts: 459
I switched from WBFO to NBCA last year and I'm 20% more senior as a NBCA than I was as a WBFO, so that should give you an idea of how desirable each job is.
That being said, I'm considerably better rested doing the domestic stuff vs the long haul, even flying 1-3 legs a day on the bus vs 1 ever few days on the 777. Sleep cycles just don't as messed up.
That being said, I'll probably revisit WBFO when I can hold three NRTs a month and have 20 days off at a time.
That being said, I'm considerably better rested doing the domestic stuff vs the long haul, even flying 1-3 legs a day on the bus vs 1 ever few days on the 777. Sleep cycles just don't as messed up.
That being said, I'll probably revisit WBFO when I can hold three NRTs a month and have 20 days off at a time.
#18
Banned
Joined APC: May 2012
Posts: 520
I read the book and listened to the entire JRE podcast.
The podcast was great, but you must read the book.
Anyone in this line of work should read it. It confirmed my personal policy of 'babying' my own rest. It's not something to be intentionally sacrificed more than 1-2 nights per month. I say intentional because if people have an infant etc. then stuff happens but to be routinely bidding a schedule full of 6AM reports on day one with a redeye to wrap it up, you're not-so-slowly killing yourself.
The podcast was great, but you must read the book.
Anyone in this line of work should read it. It confirmed my personal policy of 'babying' my own rest. It's not something to be intentionally sacrificed more than 1-2 nights per month. I say intentional because if people have an infant etc. then stuff happens but to be routinely bidding a schedule full of 6AM reports on day one with a redeye to wrap it up, you're not-so-slowly killing yourself.
#19
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2016
Posts: 393
Lol...its called trying to take care of yourself...
#20
If you're senior, it leaves me my nice afternoon flying.