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Old 01-03-2015, 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by C17T6Magat View Post
Question about reserve in NYC. I live in south Jersey and Newark is the closest to where I live. When on short call, do I need to be within 2 hours of all NYC airports or just one?
2 hours from EWR should be fine. All short call is "reasonable report" and while that generally is considered 2 hours, for a huge tri-co-base like NYC reasonable is around 2 hours to one of your choosing and reasonable beyond that to the rest. Rush hour on a friday to the one farthest from you? Could be 3-5 hours.
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Old 01-03-2015, 09:21 AM
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Sorry. A SC period is now 12 hours. There have been so many changes.
Oh that. Also don't forget about "auto release" at noon before a golden or vacation day, as well as calling to be released earlier in other cases. You will rarely have to sit that 12th hour of short call while actually having to potentially make a 2 hour call out. Especially in NYC where 3+ is reasoable to the "other airports". At about the 9-10 hour mark, there really isn't much they can do with you and are usually (not always) reasonable about granting a release. If for any other reason than it helps them by resetting your future availability that much sooner.
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Old 01-30-2015, 08:25 AM
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Where are most new hires ending up these days?
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Old 01-30-2015, 08:31 AM
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Vast majority to NYC with some in ATL. A trickle to other places.

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Old 01-30-2015, 08:40 AM
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Vast majority to NYC with some in ATL. A trickle to other places.

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how long to get LAX? SLC? SEA? ATL?
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Old 01-30-2015, 09:30 AM
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"DAL Poolie" thread regularly covers these topics with lots of posters. You'd learn a ton by just reading the past few months posts. "Delta Hiring News" is good for those applying, waiting for the call, or prepping for the interview. This is a pretty dormant thread.
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Old 01-30-2015, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by LibertyPilot View Post
how long to get LAX? SLC? SEA? ATL?
Not long...I got ATL out of indoc and I will be LAX based starting 2 March. All the other bases have the same movement with the exception of SEA (new and senior) and MSP (senior and no movement).
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how long to get LAX? SLC? SEA? ATL?

Not long...I got ATL out of indoc and I will be LAX based starting 2 March. All the other bases have the same movement with the exception of SEA (new and senior) and MSP (senior and no movement).

Say those lucky enough to have a good SSN... The rest of us get stuck out east on the MD 88/90/95 for 12-18 months!
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Little bit of a thread revive. I've gone from definitely commuting to definitely not commuting based on a few weeks of experience. I'm trying to gather info on various bases to see where I would most like to drive to work. My family is very outdoors oriented and Seattle looks like a seems like a great choice. Anybody moved there recently? Any thoughts to share? Also, why is it that Delta can't define Seattle as an actual base when all of the other domiciles are? Does Seattle have room to grow as a base?

I'm just in training and know that I won't be able to hold it for a while, but any info would be most helpful.
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Old 07-26-2015, 09:32 AM
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Little bit of a thread revive. I've gone from definitely commuting to definitely not commuting based on a few weeks of experience. I'm trying to gather info on various bases to see where I would most like to drive to work. My family is very outdoors oriented and Seattle looks like a seems like a great choice. Anybody moved there recently? Any thoughts to share? Also, why is it that Delta can't define Seattle as an actual base when all of the other domiciles are? Does Seattle have room to grow as a base?

I'm just in training and know that I won't be able to hold it for a while, but any info would be most helpful.
If we have any base that could be called a "growth base" it's Seattle. The 73 category was just added, and has plenty of vacancies right now, and they haven't even posted all the openings they have said they expect.

The company has made it clear they intend to keep/grow the intl ops there, and the latest TA was a bit of a tip of their hand about the fact that they want more smaller domestic lift there for west coast ops (read e190 or some similar jet).

This could all change tomorrow, just ask the DFW and CVG guys, but for now SEA is looking pretty good if you want a place to move to long term.

BTW- if you're in training on the 73, 90% chance you will be able to hold SEA on the next AE.
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