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Old 09-14-2025 | 07:14 AM
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Andy
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Originally Posted by FriendlyPilot
A good friend of mine commutes from Vegas. He said the flight office told him there are 40 pilots who have parking at LAS but commute to SFO or LAX that are SENIOR to the #1 Guppy Captain in SFO. I'm guessing they are all WB Captains or FOs. The #1 CA in LAS is about 3,000 on the seniority list. So apparently its better to commute to WBCA on the coast than live in base and fly the Guppy, even at #1 in base.
It's a very easy commute out of LAS.
If my wife hadn't wanted to move to MCO, I'd still be living in LAS and commuting to SFO on the bus. NFW would I take the guppy in LAS.

Originally Posted by worstpilotever
Getting kicked in the nuts repeatedly is better than flying the guppy even as the #1 senior guy.
True dat. I'm 'llvin the dream' on the guppy.
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