Originally Posted by
Slim11
In your shoes, I'd go with PSA for these reasons...
First, your commute. Commuting sucks. Commuting sucks worse on reserve. If the choice is a two-hour drive vs. a commute to ORD, I'd take the two-hour drive every time. You don't have to worry about the cancelled flight or oversales and all the UAL pilots commuting between ORD and CLE.
Second, I've commuted to ORD before and winter commutes aren't the best.
Third, PSA's DAY crew base. It's not closing any time soon. They just opened a new hangar and have a favorable tax situation on all the leases in DAY.
Flow time to AA is going down because there are those eligible to flow getting hired at other carriers. In the past two months alone, I know three who went to DL and one to FEDEX. There's lots of hiring going on at PSA right now. The sooner one gets hired here, the less time they'll spend on reserve.
Good luck!
Yes, thanks. They [PSA] are still at the top of my list.
I'm still hoping for some honest input on Endeavor and Skywest, though. DTW is closer to where I live now than DAY. It's DTW that's a two-hour drive. DAY is a pack-up and move...again.
At present, all seem to have upgrade times in the 2 to 2.5 year range. That doesn't seem to be a huge distinguishing factor.