ORD Eagle line
 

Curious, Anyone know what a typical Eagle line for the ERJ out of ORD would look like? Anyone at Eagle in ORD?

1 3961 Ord-bwi 0625 0915 150 25 Emo
1 3991 Bwi-ord 0940 1045 205 55 Emo
1 4041 Ord-dbq 1140 1225 45 25 Emo
1 4254 Dbq-ord 1250 1340 50 40 Emo
1 4177 Ord-grr 1420 1610 50 Emo 620 0 620 0 945 Grr 1355
D-end: 1625l (nr 900) Rept: 0620l
2 4152 Grr-ord 0705 0700 55 40 Emo
2 4438 Ord-yul 0740 1045 205 Emo 300 0 300 0 455 Yul 1815
D-end: 1115l (nr 900) Rept: 0530l
3 4427 Yul-ord 0615 0735 220 40 Emo
3 4309 Ord-cid 0815 0915 100 25 Emo
3 4228 Cid-ord 0940 1035 55 240 Emo
3 4067 Ord-day 1315 1520 105 Emo 520 0 520 0 1005 Day 1430
D-end: 1535l (nr 900) Rept: 0605l
4 4314 Day-ord 0650 0705 115 40 Emo
4 4056 Ord-syr 0745 1025 140 25 Emo
4 4141 Syr-ord 1050 1159 209 Emo 504 0 504 0 709
D-end: 1214l --------------------------------------
Totals Block 1944 T.a.f.b. 7834 Emo>19:44

looks good, thanks

Wow that sucks, 5 legs the first day. I get bent out shape doing more than 3 any day.

welcome to the future of aviation

I hope not, typically only the reserves end up with 5 leg days here. I haven't had one since.

That DBQ route rocks! A whole 28 min in the air! I miss the DBQ JVL4 arrival JVL Krena ORD route.

what hotels do you stay in?

i purposely deleted the hotels because i think it would be improper to publicly list them. they are good hotels. sheraton, holiday inn, crowne plaza, etc. no red roofs or motel six's i am aware of.

well look at the crj/emj bid packets for april my friend. it is becoming more and more typical to have 5 leg days. and with "simplification" you have shorter turns, thank you!

Who do you work for and what airplane do you fly?

Typical AWAC four day: 5-7 legs Day One, 2 legs Day Two, 2 legs Day Three, 5-6 legs Day Last (making you miss your commute home). Typical credit: 19-21 hours.:mad:

I actually don't mind doing 4-7 legs; I'd rather block 6.5-7.5 hours each day I'm working than waste my life away in hotels only making per-diem...

yes, the only reason a 3 day trip of this won't work is they would need more pilots to cover the days and thus they poo poo it.

That seems backwards. It seems a pilot would ideally like 2 legs on the first and last day, with 5-6 legs on days three and four.
Flying less legs on day 1 and 4 means more time at home (not away from base). It would be easier to commute.

Why would the company build lines like that when it won't cost them anymore to make them pilot friendly?

Are most companies like this?

You're right; it is backwards.

Recently, we had mandatory minimum scheduled 12 hour overnights; that has since been reduced down to 11 hours. The company's reasoning is if you get delayed on the first day, a long overnight then limited flying on day 2/3 will prevent cascading delays due to delays and/or crew rest issues. On day 4...well its not the company's problem if you miss your commute because you're late, now is it?:rolleyes:

God, I hope not...

Work for XJT, I haven't done a 5 legger since reserve. As a line holder I never see them, 3 legs maybe 4 (at total 20-21hours credit) is the most I ever do. Granted, they are longer legs but still 5 legs suck in my humble opinion.

Recent pairing:

DAY 1:
IAH-RDU
RDU-IAH
IAH-MEM

DAY 2:
MEM-EWR
EWR-DCA

DAY 3:
DCA-CLE
CLE-STL

DAY 4:
STL-CLE
CLE-TYS
TYS-IAH

Total 20.18

I guess that explains all the AWAC JS's I had last week flying PHL-MKE at 0330 in the morning.
Even a few MKW-PHL for early shows. Glad to give you all a lift!

And believe me...all our Wisconsin commuters are VERY thankful for the ride!!!

XJT schedules crews to go all over the country as opposed to most other regionals. I work for Eagle and if you are ORD based, you basically do turns in and out of ORD 75% of the time. This way they can 'adjust' your schedule when weather hits instead of getting stuck at a random station. Eagle is a hub-and-spoke system as opposed to XJT which is working the point to point flying much more than we do.