Originally Posted by
RhinoBallAuto
I appreciate all the feedback and dialogue -- especially that which cleared up any misinformation.
On background, I have indoc coming up soon and live in the DFW area. Obviously, will hope to grab a S80 spot if there are any to be had.... so I am just trying to analyze what commute-to-reserve may look like for other choices.
Good luck on getting the 80, it will buy you more time at home until they go away.
Commuting anywhere from DFW pretty much sucks. Lots of commuters, dead headers, people going to and from training, dispatchers and FAA looking for a jumpseat. There are even a fair number of rampers and mechanics that commute to DFW.
The last eight months I did DFW-LGA, I'm now doing DFW-MIA, and I've done DFW-DCA in the past. Of those, DFW-LGA was by far the. easiest commute. All Airbus, so two jumpseats on every flight. You cant get to LGA before 11:50 though. MIA has been the hardest, the jumps fill up fast, several days out, and there are several 73's, with only one JS. Very rare to get a seat in the back between DFW-MIA.
I hear DFW-PHL isn't bad, LAX is doable, but flights are full, with lots of commuters also. I do know several LAX people, who sit long call at home in DFW. I only know one CLT commuter, he says thats a PITA.
Welcome to the flying circus!