Commuting at SKW
06-19-2021, 10:09 AM
#101
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Originally Posted by threeighteen
No ORD is even busier (more movements) but busy is good if it’s productive.
DL ATL regional flying is super unproductive, inefficient, miserable. I’ve posted about it here before… expect max duty days for minimum daily pay and 2-3 hours of block time each day flying from ATL to Dothan or Brunswick in a CRJ sweating through your shirt because the APU can’t keep up. Expect long sits at both the outstation and at the hub between flights. Every flight is over-blocked by at least 25-30 minutes so you’re always going to be 25-30 minutes early to your 3 hour sit. You’ll also rarely ever make it into the flight levels so the cabin won’t ever get cool and you’ll be stressing about that because the last thing you want to be doing is a carpet dance in the chief’s office explaining why the media is investigating why someone got heat stroke on your plane and had to go to the hospital. But if you refuse the flight for no APU (which you should always do), your chief will be pestering you anyway. So either way you’re screwed.
DL ATL regional flying is super unproductive, inefficient, miserable. I’ve posted about it here before… expect max duty days for minimum daily pay and 2-3 hours of block time each day flying from ATL to Dothan or Brunswick in a CRJ sweating through your shirt because the APU can’t keep up. Expect long sits at both the outstation and at the hub between flights. Every flight is over-blocked by at least 25-30 minutes so you’re always going to be 25-30 minutes early to your 3 hour sit. You’ll also rarely ever make it into the flight levels so the cabin won’t ever get cool and you’ll be stressing about that because the last thing you want to be doing is a carpet dance in the chief’s office explaining why the media is investigating why someone got heat stroke on your plane and had to go to the hospital. But if you refuse the flight for no APU (which you should always do), your chief will be pestering you anyway. So either way you’re screwed.
06-19-2021, 10:31 AM
#102
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Originally Posted by threeighteen
not having to do ATL flying is worth commuting out of ATL alone. ATL regional flying for DL is some of the worst flying in the regional biz.
06-19-2021, 10:34 AM
#103
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Originally Posted by threeighteen
No ORD is even busier (more movements) but busy is good if it’s productive.
DL ATL regional flying is super unproductive, inefficient, miserable. I’ve posted about it here before… expect max duty days for minimum daily pay and 2-3 hours of block time each day flying from ATL to Dothan or Brunswick in a CRJ sweating through your shirt because the APU can’t keep up. Expect long sits at both the outstation and at the hub between flights. Every flight is over-blocked by at least 25-30 minutes so you’re always going to be 25-30 minutes early to your 3 hour sit. You’ll also rarely ever make it into the flight levels so the cabin won’t ever get cool and you’ll be stressing about that because the last thing you want to be doing is a carpet dance in the chief’s office explaining why the media is investigating why someone got heat stroke on your plane and had to go to the hospital. But if you refuse the flight for no APU (which you should always do), your chief will be pestering you anyway. So either way you’re screwed.
DL ATL regional flying is super unproductive, inefficient, miserable. I’ve posted about it here before… expect max duty days for minimum daily pay and 2-3 hours of block time each day flying from ATL to Dothan or Brunswick in a CRJ sweating through your shirt because the APU can’t keep up. Expect long sits at both the outstation and at the hub between flights. Every flight is over-blocked by at least 25-30 minutes so you’re always going to be 25-30 minutes early to your 3 hour sit. You’ll also rarely ever make it into the flight levels so the cabin won’t ever get cool and you’ll be stressing about that because the last thing you want to be doing is a carpet dance in the chief’s office explaining why the media is investigating why someone got heat stroke on your plane and had to go to the hospital. But if you refuse the flight for no APU (which you should always do), your chief will be pestering you anyway. So either way you’re screwed.
This may be true for Endeavor CRJ-200 flying. The - 900 isn't bad. Lots of much longer legs thrown in the mix. Any airline / domicile that flies the - 200 will have lots of short legs, hot cabins, etc etc. Be based at home. Commuting is worse than flying the - 200.
06-19-2021, 11:49 AM
#105
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Originally Posted by R0GER BALL
If you’re ATL based go 9E.
2020 put the WEST back in SkyWEST.
2020 put the WEST back in SkyWEST.
06-19-2021, 12:02 PM
#106
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Originally Posted by Subieguy14
A little late, 9E gave me a TBNT and OO gave me a class date in 4 months. Maybe ill bite the bullet and move out to Texas or something. I'll have to see what life holds for me this winter.
06-19-2021, 12:53 PM
#108
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Originally Posted by captive apple
Maybe think of applying again. You can keep your OO class but 2nd 3rd 4th interviews are successful. …if inclined
Also this. Understand the market right now. AA is cancelling thousands of flights because of pilot staffing issues. They and every other major will be hiring late summer, which means those at regionals will be leaving, thus creating vacancies. By end of summer you'll have any regional you want begging you to fly for them. Just because OO called first doesn't mean it's the right choice. If you aren't willing to move to base don't come here. If you want to stay in ATL then go to 9E and enjoy your flow to Delta.
06-20-2021, 04:00 AM
#109
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Originally Posted by MadDog80
It doesn't matter. I'd still rather be home based. Commuting for regional flying is some of the worst self punishment in the airline biz.
06-20-2021, 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by threeighteen
I'd rather commute ATL-SEA to fly a dash-8 for Horizon over being based in ATL flying a 200 again.
That's a special kind of stupid. I'd rather fly a Cessna 152 for 10 legs a day in/out of ATL vs commuting ATL-ANC and flying a 747 if it meant being based at home.
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