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Originally Posted by calmwinds (Post 2599361)

If they say that about the 175, it would be interesting what they say about the CRJ variations.

I haven't heard anything regarding the CRJ, I heard the other one a couple of days ago from one if the mechanics.

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Originally Posted by calmwinds (Post 2599027)

The Ejet does longer legs and you are able to squeeze more flying into fewer days. Here are some of the trips: IAH to BOI. IAH to DCA. IAH to BZN. IAH to YYZ. I wish we had more 28-hour, 4-days. But, if you are senior, 3 4-day pairings can be a min credit award.

The Ejet is broke less, fewer MELs, less waiting for maintenance.

The Ejet is more automated, like Airbus and Boeing aircraft. This can be more challenging if technology challenged. But, the automation helps with fatigue. I believe it helps prepare one for moving on to the majors.

When you talk about this trip list, as a guy never having flown for an airline, are those trips to those locations and then back to IAH.

I.e. the IAH to BOI then IAH to DCA the next day. Is that typical for Mesa ERJ flying out of IAH?

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Originally Posted by JoPilot (Post 2600136)

Ah, trying to explain Part 117 rules and the 121 world to a novice.

A pairing typically last one to four days, with four days being the most common. When on a pairing, one spends the entire time away from base in a hotel provided by the airline.

Per Part 117, a pilot is only allowed to fly 100 hours every 28 days. A scheduled month’s worth of flying usually consists of 76 to just over 100 hours of flying. Our contract requires 11 days off per month minimum.

To improve QOL, one typically want the dense flying (most flying per day) in your pairings so that you end up with the most number of days off per month to spend time doing what you want to do. To reach 76 hours with three 4-day pairings (and have 18 days off in the month), you need three 4-day pairings with an average of just over 25 hours per pairing or just over 6 hours of flying per day. 6 hours flying per day is hard to do without long legs.

In looking at the pairings on the various regional jets, the most dense flying (and it really doesn’t matter who you fly for) is being done with the Ejet. It doesn’t matter the destinations you fly to as much as it is extremely difficult to achieve an average of over 6 hours of flying per day with mostly short legs.