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12-21-2021 | 01:06 PM

#1031

fishforfun

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Originally Posted by AKflying

Thank you for explaining all that! Was curious about the pros and cons of NYC since it seems to be rather junior these days. Appreciate you taking the time to write that all out.

Pros and cons are all personal. I’ll come at it from a commuter experience that prefers QoL way before money.

Number one by far for me is seniority. It truly is the key to increasing QoL or money or both. Everything after that is a distant second. A diversity of aircraft and flying. There is something for everyone. Lots of Crashpad options. Transportation to/from airports is pretty easy. Multiple airports serviced by multiple carries.

Cons: it’s NYC. Dealing with the traditional NY mentality is tiring but now just becoming entertaining. You have to cover multiple airports. I’m sure there is more but the seniority out weighs almost everything else.

12-21-2021 | 02:24 PM

#1032

NoMoreStudents

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Base and airplane routes

I am an airline rookie. Is there anyway to see routes based on both base and plane? For instance, b717 dtw? a320 NYC?

12-21-2021 | 02:32 PM

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PilotJ3

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Originally Posted by NoMoreStudents

I am an airline rookie. Is there anyway to see routes based on both base and plane? For instance, b717 dtw? a320 NYC?

no. Unless you know someone and they send you a bid pack.

The problem is that flying changes month to month.

12-21-2021 | 02:40 PM

#1034

Gone Flying

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Originally Posted by NoMoreStudents

I am an airline rookie. Is there anyway to see routes based on both base and plane? For instance, b717 dtw? a320 NYC?

you can go on Flightradar24 and see what airplanes are flying where at a given time. But without the bid package you won’t be able to see what the specific trips look like.

flying here changes so much for the most part it’s not worth chasing flying. It will change on a dime.

12-21-2021 | 04:14 PM

#1035

JetPilotDaddy

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Originally Posted by NoMoreStudents

I am an airline rookie. Is there anyway to see routes based on both base and plane? For instance, b717 dtw? a320 NYC?

If you are a new hire with an employee number you can see bid packages on delta net.

12-21-2021 | 04:18 PM

#1036

Wolf424

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Originally Posted by NoMoreStudents

I am an airline rookie. Is there anyway to see routes based on both base and plane? For instance, b717 dtw? a320 NYC?

If you looking for certain layovers…

Never bid an aircraft/base based on the layovers it currently has

12-22-2021 | 12:43 AM

#1037

Bo Darville

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Originally Posted by PilotWombat

With class 12-21, we've had 649 hired this year. 162 in Oct, 193 in Nov, and 76 in Dec. If the 28th is the biggest class of the year, it'll have to be at least 59 pilots, putting the total this year north of 708.

For those that care about such things, a whopping 21 of the 617 pilots hired through class 20-21 are female, half of which were in the last two classes. Better yet, only 8 are black. Greater than 91.5% of all new hires this year are white men. Diversity indeed.

Turbulence on descent, airplane is shaking and bouncing around, nervous flyer tightly grips the the armrest. Just before touchdown I bet their biggest concern is whether the pilot is black or female…

Quit being divisive.