Skywest Pilots: San Diego Base
02-28-2007, 10:20 AM
#12
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Joined APC: Jul 2005
Position: EMB120 CA
Posts: 299
The Bro flying is mostly California flying, unless you're based in SLC or DEN. The California flying is great, I loved it. In fact I loved it so much I stayed a bro FO out of FAT for 2 years before going to the jet. None of that awful east coast weather to deal with, lots of sunny days. Sure, SFO on a crappy day sucks with the delays and all, but overall I would take the Cali flying in a heartbeat over anything else. I'll probably go back to FAT as a bro captain in a year or so. Some of my favorite overnights: Chico, Medford, Santa Barbara, Monterey.......
02-28-2007, 10:41 AM
#13
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Joined APC: Jun 2005
Position: DHC-6-300 EMB 120 CRJ
Posts: 275
The Bro flying is mostly California flying, unless you're based in SLC or DEN. The California flying is great, I loved it. In fact I loved it so much I stayed a bro FO out of FAT for 2 years before going to the jet. None of that awful east coast weather to deal with, lots of sunny days. Sure, SFO on a crappy day sucks with the delays and all, but overall I would take the Cali flying in a heartbeat over anything else. I'll probably go back to FAT as a bro captain in a year or so. Some of my favorite overnights: Chico, Medford, Santa Barbara, Monterey.......
02-28-2007, 11:24 AM
#14
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Joined APC: Jul 2005
Position: EMB120 CA
Posts: 299
You have to be kidding? 7 legs a day? I did the FAT flying and if I ever see that place agian it will be to soon. The legs are to short. Short legs= no pay. I loved the days of LAX to ONT and back the LAX to SNA and back. The only place that pays to fly the EMB is SLC or DEN where the block is longer than 39 min.
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02-28-2007, 11:57 AM
#15
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Joined APC: Jun 2005
Position: DHC-6-300 EMB 120 CRJ
Posts: 275
The short legs you mostly only see on the LAX side, I guess I was just senior enough to avoid it mostly. And I agree, they do suck, 8 legs in a day for 4 hours of pay. The SFO side isn't bad though, and that's what I liked. I could consistently get SFO-RDM, SFO-MFR, SFO-ACV, etc. and the average block on those is about 1.5 (and you could easily see over 2 hours block to Redmond). The average 4 day I was holding paid almost 24 hours. 3 of those and a 2-day or local and the month isn't so bad. But yes, some of the pairings in FAT are just AWFUL (4 days that pay 15 hours ).
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02-28-2007, 03:34 PM
#18
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Joined APC: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,523
The Bro flying is mostly California flying, unless you're based in SLC or DEN. The California flying is great, I loved it. In fact I loved it so much I stayed a bro FO out of FAT for 2 years before going to the jet. None of that awful east coast weather to deal with, lots of sunny days. Sure, SFO on a crappy day sucks with the delays and all, but overall I would take the Cali flying in a heartbeat over anything else. I'll probably go back to FAT as a bro captain in a year or so. Some of my favorite overnights: Chico, Medford, Santa Barbara, Monterey.......
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