Originally Posted by
Brillo
I know it's anecdotal, but I've flown with numerous captains in LGA who commute in from various places who've said "yeah, getting ready to move the family to CLT." I've never heard one say that about any of our other bases.
That is exactly my point, it's the new DFW as far as AA goes. DFW used to be crazy senior even on junior airplanes (ie ~40% of the S80 FOs can hold CA elsewhere and it is by far the junior plane there). That is rapidly changing, even now the difference between Group 4 FO in NYC and Dallas is only 200 numbers.
I'm not saying someone hired in the next few years (or even a decade) won't get it, but the chances are you will be extremely junior there for a very very long time and will probably end up what the guys living in Dallas did - commute to MIA or NYC to upgrade or have some semblance of quality of life as a senior FO there instead of being on short call working every weekend with January vacations.