Originally Posted by
merica1776
So if you lived in Delaware about an hour from Philly (AA) and 2.5ish from Dulles and Newark (UA) would that sway you one way or the other. I consider United a better airline but driving only an hour sounds pretty nice. Any thoughts?
Depends who gives you the first class date, how young you are and what interests you.
You can be a 777/787 FO in IAD and EWR in 6-9 months at United and a 737 CA at both in 3 years (UA Is projecting 18-24 month upgrades with the 148 aircraft they’re taking by the end of 2023).
How long to GIV FO and GIII CA in PHL (honest question- last time I checked it was like 6-8 years)?
Philly probably isn’t going away for AA so if you’re young enough that you can actually make GIV CA out of PHL it’s probably worth it to stay with the shorter drive long term, but definitely apply to both and take the first offer and go from there.