UA to AA?
04-12-2023 | 12:24 PM
#21
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My 2 cents. If you're leaving because of the perceived delay in the contract. Don't leave UAL. We are in the same boat and while I'm confident we will get a better contract it's still up in the air. If you're leaving because you want to live in base and plan to live and stay in Miami then I'd say leave now or forever hold your peace. The hiring won't stop and you should have made the jump a couple years ago but commuting sucks and living in base trumps all.
04-12-2023 | 12:24 PM
#22
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From: Gear slinger
At the risk of hijacking the thread, maybe some of the info will help the OP in his decision too:
I’m 2 hours from MCO, 5 from MIA, 5 from ATL, and a long drive has never bothered me in a pinch. It’s also pretty easy to get everywhere from where I’m at by air, with ATL having the most frequency of flights, but commuting is commuting which means JFK, CLT, etc is not much different than waiting for a flight to get to ATL. Unfortunately I can’t move into base. Currently fly WB and enjoy it, would like to stick with it unless there is a significant advantage to flying NB. Would like to upgrade some day but if it doesn’t happen it’s ok. Don’t think United will ever have WB in MCO. A little more than 20 years left, didn’t think I’d be looking at the majors right now so I’m somewhat ill-informed. Curious what you guys would do if you were gonna start from the bottom in my shoes. Weird time where we actually get to choose, for the most part, where we want to end up.
I’m 2 hours from MCO, 5 from MIA, 5 from ATL, and a long drive has never bothered me in a pinch. It’s also pretty easy to get everywhere from where I’m at by air, with ATL having the most frequency of flights, but commuting is commuting which means JFK, CLT, etc is not much different than waiting for a flight to get to ATL. Unfortunately I can’t move into base. Currently fly WB and enjoy it, would like to stick with it unless there is a significant advantage to flying NB. Would like to upgrade some day but if it doesn’t happen it’s ok. Don’t think United will ever have WB in MCO. A little more than 20 years left, didn’t think I’d be looking at the majors right now so I’m somewhat ill-informed. Curious what you guys would do if you were gonna start from the bottom in my shoes. Weird time where we actually get to choose, for the most part, where we want to end up.
04-12-2023 | 04:04 PM
#23
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Joined: Dec 2022
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I would make the jump and never look back. There is no price for living in base. Even at 39 you will probably retire around 2500 at AA.
04-13-2023 | 03:25 AM
#25
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Do it.
Commuting is a 2nd job. You will have a better life if you rip the bandaid off and just do it. I get it, seniority/ comtract/ blah blah blah. When you’re a MIA wide body FO in a few years, you will be nauseated by the thought that you almost stayed at UA.
