Originally Posted by
CRJJ
Yet another similar situation!. 42 yo, 1.5 years at AA, 1900 pilots junior to me. I moved out of Denver to an AA base and I miss living there A LOT.
Airbus driver right now, flew 737 in the past, not a big fan but wouldn’t mind too much if I could live in Denver.
Would I be too crazy to even try going to UA?. We haven’t hired in a while, classes start again in January so some movement coming.
No kids, no wife, and I miss flying WB, but I understand DEN WB is extremely senior, probably like DFW WB for us.
Thoughts?
Denver at UAL opens training center etc. opportunities besides just flying. You like living there, you'd be crazy not to try to go to UAL. Yes there's a retirement wave at AA, and it's bigger. But UAL has a base where you want to live... that will save a years worth or more days at home not commuting, over a career. If the post was reverse and you replaced DEN with DFW, I'd say you'd be crazy not to go to AA. Same with ATL and DAL.