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09-04-2015 | 06:59 AM
#8051
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First Post, but i've read several dozen pages of backstory :-)
I'd be grateful for advice from folks on the line:-
I'm considering a move from NYC to LA, albeit in the medium (6-18mo) timeframe. With the fleet choices & current domiciles, how unpleasant or unworkable would a LGA/JFK commute to a likely base be. Is it a trip that others make?
i'd rater not take a job at an East Coast carrier then try to move laterally, so am willing to take some short term pain.
thanks y'all.. /PL
I'd be grateful for advice from folks on the line:-
I'm considering a move from NYC to LA, albeit in the medium (6-18mo) timeframe. With the fleet choices & current domiciles, how unpleasant or unworkable would a LGA/JFK commute to a likely base be. Is it a trip that others make?
i'd rater not take a job at an East Coast carrier then try to move laterally, so am willing to take some short term pain.
thanks y'all.. /PL
09-04-2015 | 09:57 AM
#8052
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Joined: Mar 2010
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First Post, but i've read several dozen pages of backstory :-)
I'd be grateful for advice from folks on the line:-
I'm considering a move from NYC to LA, albeit in the medium (6-18mo) timeframe. With the fleet choices & current domiciles, how unpleasant or unworkable would a LGA/JFK commute to a likely base be. Is it a trip that others make?
i'd rater not take a job at an East Coast carrier then try to move laterally, so am willing to take some short term pain.
thanks y'all.. /PL
I'd be grateful for advice from folks on the line:-
I'm considering a move from NYC to LA, albeit in the medium (6-18mo) timeframe. With the fleet choices & current domiciles, how unpleasant or unworkable would a LGA/JFK commute to a likely base be. Is it a trip that others make?
i'd rater not take a job at an East Coast carrier then try to move laterally, so am willing to take some short term pain.
thanks y'all.. /PL
09-04-2015 | 02:25 PM
#8053
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From: B767
We have a few east coast commuters. They typically bid for long work blocks and are away from home for a couple weeks at a time. If you have a significant other they won't be happy with you. It's a long transcontinental flight after all and can be full most of the time. However, it is doable if you have your life all set up in NYC. I don't see us having a strong presence on the east coast for the foreseeable future.
09-04-2015 | 05:32 PM
#8054
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From: CRJ FO
We have a few east coast commuters. They typically bid for long work blocks and are away from home for a couple weeks at a time. If you have a significant other they won't be happy with you. It's a long transcontinental flight after all and can be full most of the time. However, it is doable if you have your life all set up in NYC. I don't see us having a strong presence on the east coast for the foreseeable future.
2013 the year of LGA
2014 the year of LAX
2015 the year of SEA
2016 the year of ____
It would be fun to hear stabs for 2016... I've heard ORD and BOS.
Back to the question, there are a lot of flights from NYC-LAX. It's just that, they're all very long. You probably won't want to sit in the cockpit. Also good news: all of our trips look commutable on the back end(if you're on time)
09-04-2015 | 05:42 PM
#8056
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For all we know, lax could close next year. Delta shuffles us around yearly...
2013 the year of LGA
2014 the year of LAX
2015 the year of SEA
2016 the year of ____
It would be fun to hear stabs for 2016... I've heard ORD and BOS.
Back to the question, there are a lot of flights from NYC-LAX. It's just that, they're all very long. You probably won't want to sit in the cockpit. Also good news: all of our trips look commutable on the back end(if you're on time)
2013 the year of LGA
2014 the year of LAX
2015 the year of SEA
2016 the year of ____
It would be fun to hear stabs for 2016... I've heard ORD and BOS.
Back to the question, there are a lot of flights from NYC-LAX. It's just that, they're all very long. You probably won't want to sit in the cockpit. Also good news: all of our trips look commutable on the back end(if you're on time)
09-04-2015 | 08:28 PM
#8057
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I've heard the comment of DFW maybe becoming a base just because LAX soon won't have room for AA overnighting aircraft and DFW has the room and currently has several overnighting crews each night. Just a comment a pilot made, not really a rumor or based on much. But makes sense to me!
09-04-2015 | 10:03 PM
#8058
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Don't you have a mx base in lax? So the rumor you are presenting is aag will take flying away from someone else and give it to compass so you can have a place to park overnight aircraft, so who is going to do the kick off flight? Or have I gotten this wrong.
09-05-2015 | 06:08 AM
#8059
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no, he's saying there are still 10 more AA birds to be delivered and running out of space in LAX so they might make DFW a pilot base as well since there are already a lot of overnights there...
09-05-2015 | 06:39 AM
#8060
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I've heard that not all the 175s can fit in the eagle nest due to the wingspan compared to the CRJ. Anyone else hear the same?
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