Vacancy 20-04V
11-20-2019 | 08:36 AM
#51
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The flying is awful but the plane is Awsome.
The bid packet is mostly 2 day trips to EWR and BOS. With multiple day trips through the hubs. You might see MCO but other than that you are ORD, DEN, LAX, EWR......you will rarely see Hawaii. You will never see the 767 and will never get the pay of the 767-400. Reserve should be short lived 6months to a year? But then the junior line is going to be full of 2 day trips with red eyes. So lots of note rooms if you back your trips up or lots of commutes if you don’t.
CA on the 756 in SFO is extremely junior for the reasons listed above it’s dang near at 7 years seniority.
If you want the plane I would bid to LAX, should be within a year, that way you can drive. LAX flying seems is slightly better but not much
The bid packet is mostly 2 day trips to EWR and BOS. With multiple day trips through the hubs. You might see MCO but other than that you are ORD, DEN, LAX, EWR......you will rarely see Hawaii. You will never see the 767 and will never get the pay of the 767-400. Reserve should be short lived 6months to a year? But then the junior line is going to be full of 2 day trips with red eyes. So lots of note rooms if you back your trips up or lots of commutes if you don’t.
CA on the 756 in SFO is extremely junior for the reasons listed above it’s dang near at 7 years seniority.
If you want the plane I would bid to LAX, should be within a year, that way you can drive. LAX flying seems is slightly better but not much
11-20-2019 | 08:42 AM
#52
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The flying is awful but the plane is Awsome.
The bid packet is mostly 2 day trips to EWR and BOS. With multiple day trips through the hubs. You might see MCO but other than that you are ORD, DEN, LAX, EWR......you will rarely see Hawaii. You will never see the 767 and will never get the pay of the 767-400. Reserve should be short lived 6months to a year? But then the junior line is going to be full of 2 day trips with red eyes. So lots of note rooms if you back your trips up or lots of commutes if you don’t.
CA on the 756 in SFO is extremely junior for the reasons listed above it’s dang near at 7 years seniority.
If you want the plane I would bid to LAX, should be within a year, that way you can drive. LAX flying seems is slightly better but not much
The bid packet is mostly 2 day trips to EWR and BOS. With multiple day trips through the hubs. You might see MCO but other than that you are ORD, DEN, LAX, EWR......you will rarely see Hawaii. You will never see the 767 and will never get the pay of the 767-400. Reserve should be short lived 6months to a year? But then the junior line is going to be full of 2 day trips with red eyes. So lots of note rooms if you back your trips up or lots of commutes if you don’t.
CA on the 756 in SFO is extremely junior for the reasons listed above it’s dang near at 7 years seniority.
If you want the plane I would bid to LAX, should be within a year, that way you can drive. LAX flying seems is slightly better but not much
11-20-2019 | 10:47 AM
#54
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The bids from here on out will be smaller and will trend more senior. There may be a larger bid in the spring if summer flying shifts. I wouldn’t expect CA to go anymore Junior than it is now until next fall.
To me the biggest story is that WB CA is Just shy of 4000
To me the biggest story is that WB CA is Just shy of 4000
11-20-2019 | 11:21 AM
#55
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From: WB Bunkie
As a commuter, it is not very desirable. The junior trips and/or reserve stuff probably have at least one non-commutable end of the trip. As a local with some seniority, I loved the right seat on that fleet. I usually showed in the late afternoon and flew 12 hour two days. Basically only away from home seven days/nights a month, with an 84 hour line on a really great airplane.
I personally had done enough of the multi leg days with layovers strewn about the country. I was happy to read books and work out in nice hotels and not have to think very hard about operational stuff. You end up getting to know most of the guys you fly with, meet at the airplane more often than not and the looking over the paperwork goes something like: “No gotchas on the MEL or NOTAMs, route is good, plenty of gas. Looks like we’re going to Boston again”
I know it definitely does not work for everyone, but just wanted to offer a counterpoint to the usual “756 SFO sucks.”
I personally had done enough of the multi leg days with layovers strewn about the country. I was happy to read books and work out in nice hotels and not have to think very hard about operational stuff. You end up getting to know most of the guys you fly with, meet at the airplane more often than not and the looking over the paperwork goes something like: “No gotchas on the MEL or NOTAMs, route is good, plenty of gas. Looks like we’re going to Boston again”
I know it definitely does not work for everyone, but just wanted to offer a counterpoint to the usual “756 SFO sucks.”
11-20-2019 | 12:05 PM
#56
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Joined: May 2019
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Once you get a bit more senior on the 756 in SFO and can balance your awards better, those 2 day trips while boring are highly efficient and lend to some very nice 18 day off months with very little back of the clock flying. BOS 2 days pay around 12.3 hours for an efficient 2 day trip. Many Europe trips out of Newark are 15 hours for 3 days and you are totally beat down afterwards. And you will see Hawai’i from time to time. I see junior guys getting Hawai’i recently. But that’s because they aren’t very efficient. Early report, late finish for the 2 day trips that only pay 10.2 hours or so.
Give me boring, day time flying, one leg a day any day over “exciting” flying.
Give me boring, day time flying, one leg a day any day over “exciting” flying.
11-20-2019 | 12:11 PM
#57
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Joined: Feb 2012
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From: 787
As a commuter, it is not very desirable. The junior trips and/or reserve stuff probably have at least one non-commutable end of the trip. As a local with some seniority, I loved the right seat on that fleet. I usually showed in the late afternoon and flew 12 hour two days. Basically only away from home seven days/nights a month, with an 84 hour line on a really great airplane.
I personally had done enough of the multi leg days with layovers strewn about the country. I was happy to read books and work out in nice hotels and not have to think very hard about operational stuff. You end up getting to know most of the guys you fly with, meet at the airplane more often than not and the looking over the paperwork goes something like: “No gotchas on the MEL or NOTAMs, route is good, plenty of gas. Looks like we’re going to Boston again”
I know it definitely does not work for everyone, but just wanted to offer a counterpoint to the usual “756 SFO sucks.”
I personally had done enough of the multi leg days with layovers strewn about the country. I was happy to read books and work out in nice hotels and not have to think very hard about operational stuff. You end up getting to know most of the guys you fly with, meet at the airplane more often than not and the looking over the paperwork goes something like: “No gotchas on the MEL or NOTAMs, route is good, plenty of gas. Looks like we’re going to Boston again”
I know it definitely does not work for everyone, but just wanted to offer a counterpoint to the usual “756 SFO sucks.”
11-20-2019 | 02:55 PM
#58
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Joined: Oct 2019
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From: B737 CA
They know LCA are like mushrooms, let them sit in the dark doing nothing, feed them **** and they grow.....
11-20-2019 | 03:12 PM
#59
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From: A320 FO
11-20-2019 | 05:57 PM
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