AirTran shedules?

[poor2thecore]

I'm trying to get an idea of what a typical Airtran 3-4 day trip would look like. How many legs a day, how many aircraft swaps, sit times in ATL, sit times in outstations.

Also does Airtran have something comparable to the Southwest folks with their AM/PM trips. How rare/common are lines starting early morning(6-8), late afternoon(3-5)? Are the start times pretty consistent (day 1 start 11am, day 2 start 11am, etc, etc)?

Thanks in advance for any help ya'll.

 

[minrest]

....and while your at it, can you please also provide the following Airtran info:

-per diem
-Is deadhead pay 100%?
-What are your average days off?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Citrus Jockey]

I can only speak for the 717. There are close to 300 hard lines of flying on the 717 and about 50-60 build-ups and reserve lines. There is almost every type of flying imaginable. I bid lines that have trips that start late and end early on the last day for commuting reasons. There are 3-4 day trips that start early and end early or start late and end late allowing for longer layovers. A majority of the lines have three and four day trips. There are some two day and one day trips but these are much rarer.


A typical 3 or 4 day trip will consist on average 3 legs a day. Some days have as many of 5 legs and as few as one leg, but these are not as prevelant. Some three and four days leave Atlanta on the first day and don't return until the last leg of the last day. As far as sit time between legs, there aren't that many long sits i.e over an hour. Most turns are 30-50 minutes and that is both in Atlanta and at outstations. The max allowable scheduled duty day is 12 hours, but on average the duty days are 7-9 hours. Average block per duty day is 5-7 hours. With the short sit times it is easy to do this in 7-9 hours of duty. During the month I may have 1 or 2 long sits. Hope this helps.

Per diem is 1.75/hr. Deadhead is paid at 1 for 1. Average days off for line holders is 15-16 days. There are some 18-19 days off lines and 12-14 days off lines but a majority (75%) fall in between.

 

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I know this has been answered before, but can you, or someone else post first year, second year and fifth year Captain and FO pay?

 

[Captain Overs]

Airlinepilotpay.com

 

[General Lee]

Fins,


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[poor2thecore]

Citrus Jockey, thanks for the info. I appreciate the help.