Studentloandebt

You all are awesome, thanks so much for the speedy and honest responses. As of now I’m staying in the New York area, looking forward to the movement and getting some time at home again. Miami commuting has been rough for the past year! I’m very eager to get over soon, I know it’s coming!

Thanks again!

airbusflieger

LGA will always be the most jr base. Then choose 737 or Airbus. If you go Airbus, you can pick out of base trips more easily for extra $. Plus, it's a better plane all the way around and more comfortable. I flew the 737 for nearly a decade for reference. Airbus has autoland, so you'll get in instead of diverting in the really bad wx.

IIRC (union website is under a cyber attack and is down rn) the most junior captain on property: hire date Feb 2022, retires January 2060, LGA 737

Sliceback

Isn’t there already an age vs retirement method available? 55 yrs old? Find out what your first seniority number would be and look at the next 10(12?) years of retirement to see your seniority progression by year?

Comparing AA vs UA in depth would require finding out the age of each pilot in ORD for each airline. Then subtract each year’s ORD retirements to find out what their relative seniority would be in ORD. Then compare with the other airline to see what trips/seats they hold year over year at each airline. It can be done if the airlines provide the ages of each pilot on the base (ie ORD) seniority list. AA provides that data to the pilots.

^^^ I’d did that with a guy comparing DFW vs CLT. Told him it was only accurate the day it was computed AND we’re assuming everyone in the base retires from that base. It’s not perfect but better than nothing. Fast forward a couple of years and he’d moved to CLT from DFW….and CLT stagnated while DFW grew. His ultimate plan was yo move back to whatever base he didn’t choose, in this case DFW, and while the analysis might have been off a bit in the bigger it still looks like DFW will be a better w/b base for him as his seniority improves.

Sliceback

Aren’t the 737 and A320 approach minimums the same? Ive been off the 737 for 12 yrs and the A320 for 7 yrs so the memory is poor regarding approach minimums. And if one is lower (Airbus?) how often does it actually come into play? I flew CAT IIIA autoland aircraft for 19 years and probably did less than 5-10 CAT III approaches.

Name User

737: you must see r/w environment @ DH
320: you don't have to see anything @ DH

99.9% sure that is the difference

I've only done a single CAT 3 in 737 and we had to go around because it flagged an error at about 100'.

I suppose it's a bigger deal if flying in PNW.

thrust

AA 737s are going to be autoland capable. Eventually.

N6279P

They aren’t already?? That’s just totally bonkers. Next you’ll tell me they don’t have GPS either.

thrust

They have GPS.

If you think not having autoland in your 737 is bonkers, ask a Southwest pilot how they equip/operate theirs. It’ll blow your mind.

Name User

Yes but pretty sure requirement to see r/w at 50' still exists for 737, correct? I admit I haven't read that powerpoint yet.

Name User

a/p required to come off by 1000' and approach is hand flown via HUD right now

Yeah, I know