Opportunity Cost - AA vs UAL?
07-09-2019, 07:24 PM
#51
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Do whatever you can to live in a base you like. So much time wasted commuting. Not to mention added stress and lots of lost earning potential. At spirit reserve in base is a dream. My beards have to be clippers down before I can shave them.
When I commuted my entire life and bidding revolves around it. Last thing I ever wanted to do was work extra. Now I’m home so much grabbing a 200% trip when the opportunity arises (March-July usually) it just seems silly not to take it.
When I commuted my entire life and bidding revolves around it. Last thing I ever wanted to do was work extra. Now I’m home so much grabbing a 200% trip when the opportunity arises (March-July usually) it just seems silly not to take it.
07-10-2019, 04:33 PM
#53
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But don’t chase a base; they ebb and flow and come and go. If you have a full support system there (family, etc), that may be more important than professional opportunity, but.... I bought a house in PHX on day three of ground school almost 16 years ago. Now I’m sort of stuck in one of the most senior narrow body bases that also completely lacks widebody flying. I’m only 50% on the FO seniority list here while in PHL I’m 65% on the Captain’s list. Commuting, here I come. 
07-10-2019, 05:08 PM
#54
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Originally Posted by flyinawa
But don’t chase a base; they ebb and flow and come and go. If you have a full support system there (family, etc), that may be more important than professional opportunity, but.... I bought a house in PHX on day three of ground school almost 16 years ago. Now I’m sort of stuck in one of the most senior narrow body bases that also completely lacks widebody flying. I’m only 50% on the FO seniority list here while in PHL I’m 65% on the Captain’s list. Commuting, here I come.
07-10-2019, 05:47 PM
#55
Are we there yet??!!
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Originally Posted by full of luv
I have met guys at Delta that commute to NYC and LAX from ATL for the "improved" seniority..... crazy in my book, but to each his own!
07-11-2019, 07:28 AM
#57
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Originally Posted by Name User
AA had about 500 aircraft ordered, the bulk delivered in three years. There was a time we were getting a new airplane a day.
With a fleet of 1000, you need to replace 50 a year anyway due to reaching 20 years of service.
With a fleet of 1000, you need to replace 50 a year anyway due to reaching 20 years of service.
07-11-2019, 07:30 AM
#58
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Originally Posted by TransWorld
Do you agree that Delta has a significantly older fleet than American?
And with retirement of the Mad Dog (as well as some other older aircraft in the next few years), the American fleet will become younger on average (or at least hold its own as time marches on)?
And with retirement of the Mad Dog (as well as some other older aircraft in the next few years), the American fleet will become younger on average (or at least hold its own as time marches on)?
07-11-2019, 02:05 PM
#60
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Originally Posted by Waggy122
He said there was a “time” they were getting a new airplane a day. He never said a new airplane a day “for a year”....
If it was one a day, 365 years a year, in two and one half years every plane would have been replaced. That never happened.
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