I was wondering what justifies a certain flight so "senior?" Can any pilots from the regionals out there give me an example of a senior flight and what makes it so popular within their airline?

 

2 leg day trips. Nice layovers

 

At Pinnacle we really don't have any flights that are considered senior - just trips as a whole. Basically, any high credit, midweek 2-day trip will never be seen by a junior lineholder. The 10 leg, 15 credit hour two day that they do once a week, with maybe a good three day thrown in there to get 75 hours and 20 days off.

It doesn't matter where you're flying to, since 99% of our layovers are either in crappy cities, have crappy hotels, or both. It's all about getting the most credit while you're working to get the most days off.

 

I think what you mean to ask is which trips are typically the most desirable, right?

There are as many answers to that question as there are respondents. I was getting high value 4 days with long overnights at a beachfront hotel in MIA before I could even hold a hard line with short overnights in miserable Kalamazoo, MI.

 

There are no senior "flights" as others have mentioned. Most regional guys bid "trips" or what you do during the few day stretch at a time you are at work or we bid for the entire month.

It would vary wildly depending on who wants it. The only thing in common would likely be max days off such as 18-20 or so and weekends off. Anything at all that holds that combination would be senior in any airline. After that it is anyones guess.

For me, as a commuter, although day trips are typically productive and worth more money they are the absolute last thing I would want. Maybe second to last ahead of reserve. Staying in a crashpad every day I work is not worth the extra 15 hours of pay. When I was a senior FO my perfect trip was a combination of max days off, max pay credit and 100% commutable on both ends. A bonus was when I would overnight close to home.

As a junior guy now my perfect "trip" is a line...any line.

 

In my base it's day trips that pay over 6 hours on weekdays with no more than 4 legs.

 

I have a 2 day trip worth 15 hours and 11 minutes over the course of 2 days with a total of 8 legs, which I'd consider senior.

A junior trip would be a 4 day trip worth 17 hours and 4-6 legs a day....

 

So most of you are getting paid while not even flying? That's sweet! What about like destinations? What are some of your guy's favorites?

 

NOPE

 

Correction.... There's Per Diem