Originally Posted by
sonic340
I’ve heard that commuting to SFO is horrendous, however, I haven’t really talked first hand to anyone who’s currently doing it. I’m considering the 777 for a number of reasons, but I’d be commuting from the Midwest and yes it would be a 2 leg. Maybe I need to have my head examined.
I’d be commuting through Denver Or Minneapolis and live in Fargo, so those are about my best options I think. Looking at the schedules around my seniority it looks like a lot of those trips are late shows and varying end times. I’d be 70-75% versus my current 35% ORD 73. Picking up premium trips in ORD or DEN hasn’t been possible being a commuter, so getting an 18-19 day off line at 70 hours and trying to pick up a trip to get up around 85 hours brings me down to 15-16 off.
Have a daughter starting college next fall and looking to make some more coin but don’t want to throw my whole QOL down the toilet in the process.
Thanks for any insight!
As you look at the extra coin (on paper) in hourly earnings, make sure you also budget for extra hotels, strategic purchases of employee discounted tickets, and missed trips.
And that's not even counting the time suck of a two leg commute to the west coast and that awesome two leg commute home after a Pacific crossing.
FWIW, there are also lots of UA commuters to SFO from both DEN and MSP these days, especially after the "MSP 777 satellite base" (aka ORD) has been downsized.