Originally Posted by
skruts
Considering the commute from LAS.
Any comparisons on PHX vs LAX 320 for commutability?
Looking at OT, PHX seems to have better trips in general and only serving one base seems like a pro from a commuting standpoint.
But ONT is already as far of a drive as I’m currently making on my existing commute.
Appreciate any insight from those on the west coast.
While I did commute to Phx when I was at a certain regional airline. I now commute to lax. Being on reserve is kind of a toss up as you can be assigned LAX,SNA, or ONT. You have the ability to preference your trips in open time when on reserve which is nice when there are trips out of LAX. I have done the drive from LAS to ONT it’s about 3 hours not terrible if you have a fuel efficient car.
As far as commuting to LAX there really isn’t an easier commute IMO 30 to 40 flights a day. First one out leaves at 515am gets in about 0630. Last one out of LAX leaves generally between 10pm and 11pm. So you can basically make any trip commutable. Most trips start with redeyes anyways. So commuting in is never an issue. I would say the pro of PHX is it has no co base and there isn’t a lot of competition. Con of PHX lots of 4 leg days and I’ve heard there’s a few salty dogs in the left seat over there.(unconfirmed)
I’ve been in LAX for a year and a half now and everyone I’ve flown with has been awesome to work with. I have no complaints about the LAX base.