Originally Posted by
Turbosina
This is great insight, thank you! I'd forgotten it can take up to 6 months to activate a transfer. My #1 priority is living in base; I would much rather live in base with three stripes, than commute with four stripes. I was a CA at my last airline and would like to get back to that at some point, but a long commute isn't worth the extra stripe. So the question is, how do I get home-based as soon as feasible?
I think what makes it more challenging is simply the fact that there's so much variability around the activation dates. I could get awarded SFO CA and go to training as soon as I'm off probation, or it could extend X more months beyond there. Same thing with a lateral transfer; the manpower update said laterals could activate as soon as the Sept bid period, or as you say it could be 6 more months.
Still, good problems to have, in the grand scheme of things.
You live in SFO/Bay Area right?
WB right seat is the best QOL at this company, especially if you live in base. You’ll make 85% of the money of a NB CA and do 15% of the work with 5-6 more days off per month. That’s two months per year not at work.
I would put in a bid on the 787, then 777…. When it hits, you’ll never want to leave.