tennisguru

My passes still say Main Cabin 1, so not sure what's going on there. Also one of the newsletters that I read recently (base, fleet, can't remember) mentioned that we are supposed to board after Sky Priority.

Hrkdrivr

I think that was for DH flights.

HockeyMan

Hi! I just have a few questions.
How long does it take to get on the 330 being based in DTW?
How many days off per month?
QOL?
Thank you so much

Farmlover

7 years because qol is great

OOfff

Not quite. the plug is currently under 5.5 years.

crewdawg

It's a big moving target, right now it's at 5-6 years, but in 2017 it was 2 years. You can expect 18-19 days off a month as a line holder, maybe closer to 15-16 in the summer. As a reserve guy, you'll likely put on a uniform a lot less and have to hit the sim to keep landing currency. On reserve, I think I averaged 6ish days/month. QOL was amazing, especially if you live in base. My only complaint is that I hated 6+ day trips, which made up most of the bid packet. Sleep is an issue that you'll have to figure out.

Simpsons

What sort of legs does a 6 day trip consist of?

crewdawg

You may hear them called W trips. Four legs, two crossings to Europe, three overnights. The second overnight is some base in the states other than your home base. Sometimes they turn it into a seven day trip by making the last crossing to a base other than home base and overnighting you before DHing you home. Most guys just deviate DH and make it home on the 6th day anyway.

sailingfun

DTW-AMS-SEA-CDG-DTW
DTW-HND-LAX-HND-DTW
DTW-AMS-BOS-AMS-BOS dh DTW or AMS-DTW with no DH
DTW-HNL-SLC-HNL-DTW

The trips however change month to month and there are big seasonal shifts. The trips with a DH at the end if it’s on day 7 are often sought after by commuters. You get a extra day of pay and positive space home. If the DH is on day 6 which happens you lose a bit of pay. Some trips are a 7 day because one of the layovers is 48 hours. In the winter you might even see 72 hours and a 8 day. Depending on the whims of network you sometimes get really strange trips in and out of other hubs.
dh SEA to JFK, JFK-ATH-JFK dh SEA as a example.
These long trips are often broken up with even more DH’s to cover with reserves or double pay GS’s. Our reserve system is very good and it makes covering long trips difficult for crew scheduling. That is why international reserve is such a good deal. One 6 day trip becomes two 4 or 5 day trips. I would often drop a trip or two off my line to cherry-pick those trips.

APCLurker

Just `gotta love out-of-base white slips when green slips are flowing like wine in said base.......