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Originally Posted by GogglesPisano
Unless you're in the top 20% (30% in summer) in your category in NYC, you cannot touch Europe as part of your awarded line. You may get lucky with the swapboard if you're on it 10 times/day. And there's always reserve. So the majority of your flying will be MEX, BOG and domestic. Even Africa goes senior.
The domestic flying is not bad compared to the narrowbodies: 1-3 legs/day, lots of transcons, and the occasional FL penalty lap.
It's a far cry from "super premium widebody," where you can't fail bidding trip-wise.
I can only speak for NYC. YMMV.
There will be no more ER bases, only fewer ER bases.
Not my experience as a B. At ~69%, I was holding EDI, LIS, and picking up the occasional MAD & BCN. Lots of folks can't handle/bid off the 2 pilot runs to the UK. I didn't think they were that bad. Is it that different for As?
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