nimslow

I don't think we have done this one yet.

Backwards seems to be the only direction of movement around my seniority on the Bus in DFW, so we are looking at better options. MIA is covered pretty well, so can anyone who lives in CLT give us some info?

Curious about cost of living/areas to look or avoid/schools/taxes etc.

I understand lot's of people live just across the border in SC, Rock hill seems to come up a lot.

Thanks.

H8Flying

Slightly tongue in cheek but what is your seniority nuimber and DOH? The lack of responses may be due to the fact those of us in CLT don't want the vast migration of senior pilots to start and stagnate what's left of our careers. Having said that, it all depends on what lifestyle you want. Lake living? Lake Norman better than Lake Wylie but Wylie closer to airport with some good neighborhoods, lower taxes and good schools. West side of Lake Norman less traffic than east side. I-77 toll lane construction a PITA and not done till 2018. Mecklenburg/ county/Charlotte city taxes the highest. Davidson a quaint little college town with nice country club but higher taxes. Plenty of private/charter school choices just about everywhere if you have kids. No kids? Live in uptown CLT and take a bus to airport. Walk everywhere else. Like the mountains? Live in Asheville 90+ minutes away but leave your Trump signs in the basement. We are moving to Greenville SC (from Mooresville NC)if I can ever get off reserve so giving you any encouragement may not be in my best interest. If I had it to do all over again, I'd live on the west side of Lake Norman.

H8

DOH 10/12/1987
Seniority approx 7300
A320 Reserve Capt

AFTrainerGuy

As for seniority list in CLT, it's stagnate, if not feeling like it's going backwards. I'm a Spring 2014 hire and sit around 85% on FO list. Pretty much been in exact spot for last 2 years. Lots should retire here so who knows what will happen. Uber senior because it's NC and good cost of living compared to other bases or junior due to loss of WB flying and NB domestic future. Your guess as good as mine

As for CLT itself, I moved to Mooresville 2 years ago. My counterpart pretty much nailed it about Charlotte and different parts of town vs. taxes, schools, and what it has to offer. Overall, it's a nice place to live but growing like Atlanta did in the 90's. Everywhere you look there is development and traffic is an absolute nightmare at times. I-77 can take 30 min to airport or 2 hours. There is no rhyme or reason too it either. The tolls may or may not fix this problem. Also, if you are looking at LKN, you aren't getting anything on water anymore for less than 750k unless it's a lot with a trailer that will have to be removed for new construction. And even those are going 400+ an acre. LKN is not some hidden gem and is getting very expensive to live around.

Overall, I'm glad I moved here and am not leaving, but if I was to go back, I probably would have went out toward Asheville and/or up toward Winston-Salem. The traffic daily infuriates me.

NMuir

CLT is full of Yank halfbacks, and the traffic is miserable.

nimslow

DOH is a pretty useless number anymore, but I'm about 11,000 seniority, so not many of the CLT people need to worry about it.

It appears that lot's of people want into DFW airbus however. The last bid I lost 7% relative seniority in seat, and I'll bet this next one will push me firmly back onto reserve.

I refuse to commute anymore, so we are ready to pull up roots and move to someplace I can have just a little bit of QOL. According to the 3XP, I'm around 16% in MIA, 33% in CLT, but I don't think we are ready to live in MIA just yet.

We don't care about living on the water, just a nice family friendly place with good schools. I doubt we can afford a house like the one we have now anyplace else, one of the benefits of living in Big D I guess.

Thanks for the intel, it gives us a place to start doing research.

METO Guido

Check out West Lake. 40 mins straight down NC16 to CLT most of the time.
Easy access to the water for anyone not living directly on it.
Keeping the grass looking good is another matter.

dontcare4U

What's wrong with a Yank halfback?

NMuir

The first invasion was unwanted, so is the second.

Thedude

Yup........

dontcare4U

So much for that southern hospitality crap I've heard about. Oh well.... Might as well get prepared for more "invasions", because they are gonna happen, like it or not.