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01-04-2022, 06:48 AM
#421
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Can anyone speak to the trip mix, trip lengths, quality of lines, commute-ability at ORD vs DTW? Is one or the other growing or shrinking?
Also, are the percent of FOs on reserve the same in both locations?
I have been unable to find if this was addressed in the threads.
TY
Also, are the percent of FOs on reserve the same in both locations?
I have been unable to find if this was addressed in the threads.
TY
01-04-2022, 01:03 PM
#422
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You must be trolling. If you’re on OE you have access to bid awards and plenty of information from the training house. Taking a wild guess I’d say you’d start off on reserve. You can bid for days off and RAP periods but as it turns out we have a seniority system in place. Darn it!
01-04-2022, 01:10 PM
#423
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01-05-2022, 04:26 AM
#424
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You must be trolling. If you’re on OE you have access to bid awards and plenty of information from the training house. Taking a wild guess I’d say you’d start off on reserve. You can bid for days off and RAP periods but as it turns out we have a seniority system in place. Darn it!
To your question, while I am not based in either I have done some reserve time in ORD and it seemed like they had a lot of early morning flights for reserve. I remember doing almost exclusively the 5am ORD-CUN-FLL run. Overnight in FLL and operate or DH back to ORD on day 2. I wouldn't say they used me a ton, but I was used at least once each reserve trip. DTW I have only heard things, but the guys I know there seem to like it with a good mix of flying. I have heard it refereed to NK's best kept secret in terms of flying/crews.
Good luck and welcome to NK.
01-05-2022, 06:43 PM
#426
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01-07-2022, 05:42 AM
#429
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had a 4 day trip where we kept the same flight attendants and the same aircraft for four days and we stayed together as a crew in the same layover hotel all 3 nights.
it was like being at the regionals again and it was a party at the pool every night. got intimate and personal with one of the FAs who caught my eye with a smoking body. He was a fire fighter before he retired and became a flight attendant.
but that’s not the typical experience at all.
01-07-2022, 06:09 AM
#430
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there are unicorns every once in a while….
had a 4 day trip where we kept the same flight attendants and the same aircraft for four days and we stayed together as a crew in the same layover hotel all 3 nights.
it was like being at the regionals again and it was a party at the pool every night. got intimate and personal with one of the FAs who caught my eye with a smoking body. He was a fire fighter before he retired and became a flight attendant.
but that’s not the typical experience at all.
had a 4 day trip where we kept the same flight attendants and the same aircraft for four days and we stayed together as a crew in the same layover hotel all 3 nights.
it was like being at the regionals again and it was a party at the pool every night. got intimate and personal with one of the FAs who caught my eye with a smoking body. He was a fire fighter before he retired and became a flight attendant.
but that’s not the typical experience at all.
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