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#2341
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Thanks for the insight.
That explains why the latest trend of the E190 in PHL has been going so senior in the last few New Hire classes.
Someone mentioned earlier the E190 in PHL is a hidden gem the latest New Hires are just starting to discover as overall a pretty Good Deal with a lot of movement creating getting good schedules much faster, get to spend more nights at home with the family, for commuting purposes you Only have to worry about flying in&out of one (1) airport (PHL) vs being ping-ponged between three (3) airports in New York (LGA/EWR/JFK), not to mention all the other factors someone mentioned earlier Filty Crash Pad areas, Cost of transportation, 2-3 hr train/bus rides between airports, constant traffic, city congestion, $100 Uber rides, Noisy, Stressful commutes due to the structure of the terminals & possibly ending in EWR/JFK when you commute flight is out of LGA missing your flight or having to shuttle to a different Terminal etc.
I’m not going to lie, personally to me, all the moving parts involved in Commuting, not sure if you’ll make it/missing your flight to/from work due to traffic, delays, terminal swaps, shuttles running late etc is way more stressful than any of the actual flying.
Commuting is never fun and quite stressful in itself, but if I was given a choice I’d rather choose a less stressful commute than adding unnecessary stress to my life.
Wish people had told me this before I started. Sometimes we just have to learn the hard way.
That explains why the latest trend of the E190 in PHL has been going so senior in the last few New Hire classes.
Someone mentioned earlier the E190 in PHL is a hidden gem the latest New Hires are just starting to discover as overall a pretty Good Deal with a lot of movement creating getting good schedules much faster, get to spend more nights at home with the family, for commuting purposes you Only have to worry about flying in&out of one (1) airport (PHL) vs being ping-ponged between three (3) airports in New York (LGA/EWR/JFK), not to mention all the other factors someone mentioned earlier Filty Crash Pad areas, Cost of transportation, 2-3 hr train/bus rides between airports, constant traffic, city congestion, $100 Uber rides, Noisy, Stressful commutes due to the structure of the terminals & possibly ending in EWR/JFK when you commute flight is out of LGA missing your flight or having to shuttle to a different Terminal etc.
I’m not going to lie, personally to me, all the moving parts involved in Commuting, not sure if you’ll make it/missing your flight to/from work due to traffic, delays, terminal swaps, shuttles running late etc is way more stressful than any of the actual flying.
Commuting is never fun and quite stressful in itself, but if I was given a choice I’d rather choose a less stressful commute than adding unnecessary stress to my life.
Wish people had told me this before I started. Sometimes we just have to learn the hard way.
PHL has always been recommended on here. Lots of good info. From a commuter standpoint PHL is kinda the gold standard except for that whole weather thing which tends to make the hub go nuclear.
#2342
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A check airman will get paid based on the highest paying aircraft their seniority can hold.
#2345
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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/03/united-airlines-ramps-up-recruitment-to-hire-10000-pilots-over-next-decade.html
American better step it up if they don’t want to be a distant third in 10 years. UAL retiring 5,000 and hiring 10,000. We seem to hire for attrition. Delta and United grow at +5% and cover attrition.
American better step it up if they don’t want to be a distant third in 10 years. UAL retiring 5,000 and hiring 10,000. We seem to hire for attrition. Delta and United grow at +5% and cover attrition.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/03/united-airlines-ramps-up-recruitment-to-hire-10000-pilots-over-next-decade.html
American better step it up if they don’t want to be a distant third in 10 years. UAL retiring 5,000 and hiring 10,000. We seem to hire for attrition. Delta and United grow at +5% and cover attrition.
American better step it up if they don’t want to be a distant third in 10 years. UAL retiring 5,000 and hiring 10,000. We seem to hire for attrition. Delta and United grow at +5% and cover attrition.
#2348
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That is kind of irrelevant when you consider they are hiring 5,000 more than they are retiring. That will put United around 17,000 total pilots. I bet AA will still be treading water at +-13,500. Then when we fall way behind Delta and United Doug will announce a merger with JetBlue. It’s just not in Doug’s DNA to grow an airline.
#2349
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That is kind of irrelevant when you consider they are hiring 5,000 more than they are retiring. That will put United around 17,000 total pilots. I bet AA will still be treading water at +-13,500. Then when we fall way behind Delta and United Doug will announce a merger with JetBlue. It’s just not in Doug’s DNA to grow an airline.
#2350
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I guess I’m failing to see the difference in what they are doing versus what we are doing. They said 5000 new pilots over four years. That’s 1,250 a year on average. People are saying (compass project people) we are going to hire 1,100 to 1,500 in 2020. And we are still seven above our projected hiring numbers for 2019.
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