Originally Posted by
AR1978
Did a bit of reading through this thread and saw how the majority of new hires are going to NYC.
I currently live in Atlanta, an Air Force pilot flying the E-8 (Boeing 707), have 23 months until retiring, and am hoping to get picked up by Delta and stay in Atlanta. Is there an airframe that would be my best bet to do that or commute to NYC and then like a year later be transferred to Atlanta? From reading on here it appears the 737 or 717 are the best bets but if I get hired I'll be a noob too lol, so I could very easily be wrong.
You are right in the 737 or 717 being best, but even if you don't get those the new hire seat lock allows you to change equipment after a year of that is what it takes to get the base you want, so even if you got the A220 you could bid off in a year.