Originally Posted by
fortyeight
Republic guy here who recently upgraded and will never see Chicago again. Sick of sacrificing way too much of my personal time commuting to LGA where it’s actually starting to affect things outside of work.
Obviously ORD is a big 170 base, but my goal ultimately is to move west. What’s your furtherst 170 base? Honestly, how do you like your company? I get it, it’s a regional they all have their pros and cons. But OO blows YX away in terms of base options and it’s not even close. I’m now convinced living in base is the highest QOL factor above everything else.
SAN, LAX, SFO, PDX, SEA, BOI, SLC, DEN are all west coast 175 bases but also all are at least 4 years to touch the bases as a CA. movement is much quicker on the CRJ and if you are not willing to change planes the quickest upgrade here on the 175 is about 3-4 years in LGA/ORD. you will NOT have the QOL at OO as everyone at YX I talk to has but overall think it is not a bad company to work for.