Originally Posted by
MinRest
Anyone who can live in SAN, could afford SFO. Skywest has an SFO base. The Navy isn't producing hundreds of pilots out of NAS North Island to interview.
Many folks who live in SAN would have no desire whatsoever to live in the bay area, that's apples to oranges in many ways.
NASNI is only part of it. The entire 3rd marine air wing is in San Diego.
There are also a lot of senior staff billets at various HQ's, many of which are filled with aviators who are short final to retirement.
I gave airline career advice to many such folks over years in the reserves, I do have some SA.