Swayne coming to a 121 near you

Mainline slung engines versus regional slung engines?

Jokes aside, I can see wanting to take your first upgrade ever on the same plane you are a FO on.

My first upgrade ever was A320 FO to A320 CA. It felt super easy after 6.5 yrs as FO on that plane. My A320 CA to B737 CA wasn’t hard per say, but it was definitely more on the stress/worry level. So I don’t blame the guy going E145 FO to E145 CA.
 
guywhoflies said:
Yep, I'm turning into a grumpy old dude. My wife hates it. I just don't understand why people have to advertise their life online for the sake of likes, subscribes, and follows. I don't have any social media where I put my life out there so I guess I don't get it.
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And yet here you are talking about yourself and your wife's reaction to it on a social media forum. All thats missing is the pictures and my ability to subscribe to you. . Somehow that makes it better?

Here Ill give you a like for the dopamine rush.
 
guywhoflies said:
Yep, I'm turning into a grumpy old dude. My wife hates it. I just don't understand why people have to advertise their life online for the sake of likes, subscribes, and follows. I don't have any social media where I put my life out there so I guess I don't get it.
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I dunno, I rarely post anything on social media but at least for me I’ll still post cool stuff just to share it with friends. Largely not airplane stuff because most of my friends are pilots (ugh) and nobody cares, but food, travel, that kind of stuff I do. Swayne is probably obligated to an extend since it’s obvious his whole shtick is a part of recruiting. But honestly, I wish I took more pictures along the way. Becoming a captain is still a pretty cool thing and even if you’re not sharing it on social media, it’s nice to have the photos to look back on and remember later in life. I know I enjoy it every now and then.
 
Wardogg said:
And yet here you are talking about yourself and your wife's reaction to it on a social media forum. All thats missing is the pictures and my ability to subscribe to you. . Somehow that makes it better?

Here Ill give you a like for the dopamine rush.
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Fair point. I guess I differentiate between JC and other forms of social media.
 
guywhoflies said:
Yep, I'm turning into a grumpy old dude. My wife hates it. I just don't understand why people have to advertise their life online for the sake of likes, subscribes, and follows. I don't have any social media where I put my life out there so I guess I don't get it.
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Some people have friends and family on social media and it's not for likes or clout, it's just sharing with your loved ones. Good lord, do you guys not take a picture at work or in front of an airplane and show anyone? Or literally just anything you're happy and excited about?
 
tcco94 said:
Some people have friends and family on social media and it's not for likes or clout, it's just sharing with your loved ones. Good lord, do you guys not take a picture at work or in front of an airplane and show anyone? Or literally just anything you're happy and excited about?
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I only post depressing memes.

Bah humbug!


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mikecweb said:
What’s the difference?
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Assuming it's a serious question, quite a few things
Up until not too long ago, there were three airlines within one airline
- 145s - legacy Eagle I guess in many ways. A regional, or commuter, whatever you want to call it. Out of DFW you can fly an entire 4 day without ever leaving the state. In ORD that's harder, but most flying is bouncing around the lakes. NYC and MIA had longer routes, but both are gone now. Doesn't make the flying unimportant or lame, mind you, just more "classic regional".
- CRJ-700 - the "Original Eagle Heavy". Word has it, back in the day the CRJ guys and 145 guys didn't even talk to each other. Might be an exaggeration, but the spirit was proud (mainly meant a schoolhouse that was ran like a tight ship and always going everywhere fast - ask @NovemberEcho). Again, back in the day the pay between the fleets was very different, the flying was different (generally longer routes, no 6 leg days etc). As of 2 years ago the CRJ is gone, just about everyone moved over to the 175 (schoolhouse people included, which resulted in tightening the training, which is nice from my perspective).
- 175 from the get go was set up as a completely different program. You could almost still read "US Airways" on the top of the training manuals. From checklist usage to callouts to general training attitude - different airline. Longer routes from the get go, which translates into more efficient schedules (no sits in between 6 legs to the max FDP day type crap), new (at the time) airplanes, more modern avionics and automation etc.

Tl;dr practical application -

Longer routes. 3-2-2-1 4-days vs 5-4-4-3, typically more days off per month as a result of a more efficient schedule.
Flying in the open time, consequently, more likely to yield better OT - BZN turn is 7.5 hrs and takes, say, 9 hrs from sign in to see ya, ORD-GRB-ORD-GRR-ORD blocks probably 5ish and will take 8.5 or so hrs to do.
General office set up - dual fms with vnav and autothrottles > single universal box and 3-to-1 rule.
Newer airplanes > old airplanes in terms of flying around with MELs

The flip side - I've never flown a 145, so have no opinion there. Heard it's a POS from an Embraer company pilot I used to fly charter with and every singe CRJ guy that did a short stint on it when displaced into the left seat (was a thing for a while).
Guys flying it say good things about it and send me memes like this one -
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Also, it is generally a junior airplane in terms of seniority - so less wait for a line/weekends off/etc.
 
Never flew the E-145 but I've seen those Envoy 145 pairings and holy smokes. Big nope from me. At least doing a lot of legs on West Coast in a CRJ 200 was fun in and out of California coast or mountainous Montana. I guess I'd be ok with 145 Florida flying since I didn't get to experience that. But out of Chicago or Dallas to flatland America or middle of no where Kentucky and Kansas all day long and Max 1 hour flights? No thanks.
 
BigZ said:
Assuming it's a serious question, quite a few things
Up until not too long ago, there were three airlines within one airline
- 145s - legacy Eagle I guess in many ways. A regional, or commuter, whatever you want to call it. Out of DFW you can fly an entire 4 day without ever leaving the state. In ORD that's harder, but most flying is bouncing around the lakes. NYC and MIA had longer routes, but both are gone now. Doesn't make the flying unimportant or lame, mind you, just more "classic regional".
- CRJ-700 - the "Original Eagle Heavy". Word has it, back in the day the CRJ guys and 145 guys didn't even talk to each other. Might be an exaggeration, but the spirit was proud (mainly meant a schoolhouse that was ran like a tight ship and always going everywhere fast - ask @NovemberEcho). Again, back in the day the pay between the fleets was very different, the flying was different (generally longer routes, no 6 leg days etc). As of 2 years ago the CRJ is gone, just about everyone moved over to the 175 (schoolhouse people included, which resulted in tightening the training, which is nice from my perspective).
- 175 from the get go was set up as a completely different program. You could almost still read "US Airways" on the top of the training manuals. From checklist usage to callouts to general training attitude - different airline. Longer routes from the get go, which translates into more efficient schedules (no sits in between 6 legs to the max FDP day type crap), new (at the time) airplanes, more modern avionics and automation etc.

Tl;dr practical application -

Longer routes. 3-2-2-1 4-days vs 5-4-4-3, typically more days off per month as a result of a more efficient schedule.
Flying in the open time, consequently, more likely to yield better OT - BZN turn is 7.5 hrs and takes, say, 9 hrs from sign in to see ya, ORD-GRB-ORD-GRR-ORD blocks probably 5ish and will take 8.5 or so hrs to do.
General office set up - dual fms with vnav and autothrottles > single universal box and 3-to-1 rule.
Newer airplanes > old airplanes in terms of flying around with MELs

The flip side - I've never flown a 145, so have no opinion there. Heard it's a POS from an Embraer company pilot I used to fly charter with and every singe CRJ guy that did a short stint on it when displaced into the left seat (was a thing for a while).
Guys flying it say good things about it and send me memes like this one -
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Also, it is generally a junior airplane in terms of seniority - so less wait for a line/weekends off/etc.
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Right on. Thanks for the explanation. I just assumed a regional jet was a regional jet. Is there a pay difference?
 
guywhoflies said:
Yep, I'm turning into a grumpy old dude. My wife hates it. I just don't understand why people have to advertise their life online for the sake of likes, subscribes, and follows. I don't have any social media where I put my life out there so I guess I don't get it.
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He's making money.
 
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