Prepare yourselves… 2023 AEs
01-12-2023, 01:26 PM
#813
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Joined APC: Dec 2021
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How senior do you need to be to hold afternoon/evening trips on the 717? There's something about it that keeps it in the back of my mind for my first upgrade in a few years. It seems like I would like everything about it but the 4AM van times wreck me even on my current fleet. It takes me at least 2 days to recover from an early AM trip, but I don't mind blocking in late, even after midnight. It's bad enough that I will happily take redeyes instead, as those don't seem to bother me as much.
01-12-2023, 01:50 PM
#814
Rerouted On Weekends
Joined APC: Oct 2015
Position: 717A
Posts: 2,937
How senior do you need to be to hold afternoon/evening trips on the 717? There's something about it that keeps it in the back of my mind for my first upgrade in a few years. It seems like I would like everything about it but the 4AM van times wreck me even on my current fleet. It takes me at least 2 days to recover from an early AM trip, but I don't mind blocking in late, even after midnight. It's bad enough that I will happily take redeyes instead, as those don't seem to bother me as much.
01-12-2023, 01:52 PM
#815
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Joined APC: Jul 2006
Posts: 5,802
You gotta be kidding me. There's a huge difference between touching down in Cabo after one easy leg from iconic JFK and heading to JW vs touching down in ATW, GRB, FAY etc and heading to some hotel, motel, Holiday Inn to get some rest before your 4am wake up call where you meet all drooped up flaps, have to open a panel to check potable water when it's 10F outside(CRK Vibes), and then clear your bags out the way while you're getting deiced in a 1950s submarine cockpit with fancy screens. Oh and in 1 hr you get to do it all again
A romantic! We're not exactly flying Pan-Am Clippers to Casablanca and there certainly isn't anything iconic about JFK...especially when you have one shut down, while sitting #50 in line and are asking for relief so you don't have to go back to the gate for gas. Heck, the fact that I haven't seen NYC in the 2+ years I've been on the 717 is one of the reasons I stay lol. I've done a wide variety of the flying Delta does (Carrib, Europe, Asia, short haul, etc...) and it's all mostly boring flying. What I really care about is how much I make per time away from home. If I want to stay in the JW in Cabo, I'll buy tickets and go with my GF.
01-12-2023, 03:58 PM
#816
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2014
Position: Drivin’ the bus
Posts: 728
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