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Reviving this. CJO at both. I live in Denver, with no intentions of moving to a FX base unless I find the right partner for a future world tour of bases. Curious what the thoughts are on driving to work for a legacy vs commuting to FX. I’d retire top 80 at FedEx and top 2-300 at United it seems.
Times at United are unprecedented with seniority. Literally if half the pilots are cut in 2030, I’d still have very good seniority. In the past this seems like a no brainer to go FX, but the seniority and living in base at UA seems enticing. I’m a QOL chaser, not a shiny jet, route, or money chaser. I’ve already adapted the philosophy of putting myself in a 65 year olds shoes and asking myself if I wish I would have worked more over my career. The answer is most likely no.
The whole pax vs no pax is negligible to me. I care about the quality of my off days.
Thoughts of who you’d go with if you were in my shoes?
Like other have said, the chance of getting furloughed is likely lower at FedEx; however, you'll never be able to sit reserve in domicile which you could likely within a year at United. And if as it sounds, your goal is QoL, you can get full pay with doing very little for as long as you like. And in the summers when flying gets busy, you can bid a line when you ant more control of your schedule.