Originally Posted by
Lifeisgood
Fatty,
From your experience as MD88 pilot in NYC (lazy to look up myself) ...... what percentage of trips originate in LGA, JFK, EWR?
I imagine most start out of LGA, but can you estimate how much do you need to drive to JFK or EWR? Is it easy to avoid them with "barely holding a line" seniority?
Thank you.
This is a wag, but from what I can tell using the Easybid filter, out of 334 trips in Sept, about 148 were DC or Boston shuttles (Marine Air Terminal), 47 were JFK, and 139 were LGA mainline trips. There were no EWR trips. I haven't seen any EWR trips since the summer and even then, there were like 4.
The problem with the MD88 NYC trips, most aren't commutable for someone not living in the area.
Depending on where you live, JFK is easier to drive to than LGA. If you live in NJ or PA, EWR is perfect. LGA sucks because there are no subways or trains that go there. JFK isn't any better (Air Train) ... assuming you like connecting in Jamaica, NY
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-Fatty