Originally Posted by
f16jetmech
I'd say DFW LGA is easier. It's nuts between Chicago and Dallas... But I will say, I started using united and never had trouble getting on. 5+ flights a day
I agree with this. I will add that most Hub to Hub commute is bad, AA does have a 787 flight in the evening sometimes a 777 mixed in which help a lot for commuting.
United is the best way to go the majority of the time, better leg room, more seat availability vs our own mainline metal which is really sad. When listing to DFW I always notice other Envoy Pilots and FA’s commuting btw DFW-ORD or ORD-DFW on UAL. Doug parker prefers to do away with our Standby Travel/Commuting benefits as a whole if he could, that it was a choice to commute, that back in the day carriers use to charge employees for traveling standby mostly discount fares. All this came out of his mouth in a gist. Used his friend in the banking industry as an example. Said he doesn’t know any other industry that provides such benefits to its employees.
Take that for what it’s worth from our overlord CEO mindset. This is why Allied Pilot Association @ mainline, and. ALPA at Envoy are important.
Also be careful what you say online supporting the company constantly as tho things are always rainbows, the company reps that read these posts take it as “see they are happy, nothing needs to change!” Or worse “We don’t need to negotiate.”
Base closures, base changes, base seniority changes, Regional Airline dynamic changes. Family life, and structures should not routinely be sacrificed. A stable family life = a more stable pilot & overall Flight Crew group providing the best service.
My point is COMMUTING IS NOT A CHOICE! The company has forced it. Many have sold their homes or broken their lease, move their family in base, or in-state base state. Then the company went ahead and closed that base down, reduce flying drastically that one goes on Rsv, displaced Flight crews, make fleet change, etc. Many times in history the company has forced it. It will happen again in the future. Some of you don’t realize how expensive the uproot of a family is, and the impact on the children, the wives or husbands job/career family income. $3,000-$4,000 moving expense does not cut it.