kiteflyer

Even as a line holder, I only get 1 landing a month, if I'm lucky, as a reserve, you won't get many, if any. BUT...one 15hr. leg is the equivelent of a domestic 3 day trip, so, you've got that going for you. Most of our 4 day turns are worth 30+, with a nice, long layover somewhere.

Now, the good news is, if you've got a lot of 757/767 time, you'll be fine, because it's very similar to those, flying wise, FMS wise, systems wise, etc. You could put a 757 guy in the 777 with zero training, show him the few differences on the 15 hour ride to the layover and he'd be good to go.

The flying is beyond boring. It's not even flying, it's sitting for 15 hours (or 17 from Joburg). But you will eat until you'r tired, sleep until you're hungry, and your only worry is... when will you have to pee.

As Roscoe said "It's a 15 hour buffet, on the way to happy hour."[/QUOTE]



I can't wait!!!!!

Look at a 9 bid packet to see the other end of the spectrum.
20 leg 4/5days with no flight longer than 2hrs.

Timbo

What do you mean by...'getting all the flying'? We are not getting any more A330's, so they are doing the same amount of flying, but to different destinations (Africa). None of the most senior guys I know want to fly to Africa, or go to an Airbus school for a pay cut. As I said, they will go to the 767-400, much easier transition, training wise.

Now, if DL pulls all the 767-400 time out of ATL, and puts it in JFK, the most senior ATL guys might have to bid the A330, or go back to the 767 ER (much bigger pay cut), but most of them have never commuted and they are not about to start commuting now, in their 60's.

shiznit

Isn't it just so much fun to see the Snowbirds!!!!

But I really wish they'd update from the A-7.

Timbo

Kiteflyer: "I can't wait!!!!!

Look at a 9 bid packet to see the other end of the spectrum.
20 leg 4/5days with no flight longer than 2hrs.[/QUOTE]"


No kidding?

Really?

Wow, it's as if I was never junior, or flew the 9, and the MD88 and commuted for 17 years to do it...

Wilbur Wright

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No kidding?

Really?

Wow, it's as if I was never junior, or flew the 9, and the MD88 and commuted for 17 years to do it...[/QUOTE]

And all this time I thought you were hired into the left seat of the 777 Timbo.

Timbo

That would have been nice, but think of all the fun I would have missed on the 727 panel!

And all those hot young F/A's!

Good times! It was great fun, but I don't want to go back anytime soon...unless...

I could be 26 and single again too, and all the F/A's could be 25.

cards5

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No kidding?

Really?

Wow, it's as if I was never junior, or flew the 9, and the MD88 and commuted for 17 years to do it...[/QUOTE]

Boomer

Delta closing Comair... True.

Delta looking at options with AA in bankruptcy... True.

Then the writer spends 6 paragraphs not even trying to link the two items. I guess the Foolish Blogging Network is named for their foolish and misleading headlines?

Boomer

Obviously a Q400 landing in LaGuardia. Please keep to the military theme.

Purple Drank

I recently researched this gem:
$12.50 per hour for a surface deadhead???

Is that even minimum wage? The airplane cleaners make more. PATHETIC.

On the bright side, 3rd straight day I've flown a (different) plane with an inop APU.

Execs are making huge bonuses for Delta's profitability and performance (reading between the lines on SD's latest "update"). Meanwhile, we're sweating out bull**** like this.

Maybe one day we'll grow a spine and demand to be paid what we're worth.