Looking for somewhere that's possibly commutable from the east coast, but cheap enough to live in should I bite the bullet and move. Also, a place that has decent trips to survive on 1st year pay. And then where it would be most likely to hold a line the quickest. Is there any base in particular where most of the transitions are going to come from when they run that class?
Originally Posted by
rcfd13
FAT is by far the most junior. LAX, SFO, PSP are all around the same seniority and are decently junior. PDX, SLC and SBP are senior. That's kind of how it always is. The seniority at those bases hasn't fluctuated much since I've been here (aside from opening SFO).
Best base to work out of depends on what you want. SFO, SLC and FAT have the highest credit trips. LAX and PSP have the best overnights with the bonus of not having to deal with as much SFO flow BS but they fly more legs per trip with generally lower credit. SFO is pretty easy to commute to from almost anywhere and has had a lot of commutable trips recently. FAT and PSP are extremely difficult to commute to.
Every person is looking for something different in their 'best base' so it would be hard to say which one is the best without knowing what you want.