Originally Posted by
flensr
I had a similar situation except with 4 yrs seniority and still living in base, coming out of covid. My buddy across town coming from skywest got picked up by United right after covid and was in the left seat of an A320, still in base, a year after being hired. I stuck it out at SWA instead of jumping ship, so when he made CA in the A320 in my base I was still year 5 FO in the guppy. But... a year later as a senior FO, my wife got cancer and we survived with me flying day trips and using FMLA pulls when she needed care at home. Could I have done as well as a new CA at United sitting reserve? I dunno. I've been 6 months away from upgrade for the last 3 years but just banged out on disability. So... SWA has worked out great for me personally, while my "buddy at united" also found a situation that worked out great for him.
Luck of the draw and your personal situation makes all the difference. I "missed" a few opportunities but ended up in a situation that ended up working out quite well through some very difficult times. Make your best guess and buy in 100%, that's my suggestion.
thank you for sharing. I appreciate it. I can’t even imagine how very hard that time was for your family and I don’t take Southwest disability and flexibility benefits for granted.
Originally Posted by
JTwift
well, if you want SFO at United, you can nearly 100% get it on day 1. Vacancy just opened yesterday with 100 FO slots and 70 CA slots (737). Also a few widebody in the vacancy.
If SFO is your goal, it’s hard to beat UAL. Awesome widebody flying and huge narrowbody seniority movement.
you never did say exactly where you live, but you implied SAN.
LAX would be obtainable quickly, too, it looks like.
I live by LAX. Only hoping for SAN because I think that’s my best chance of getting back to LA. Another thing that lingers in my mind is how small the LAX base is for SWA.