Well SWA does not require a collage education you know!!!

 

newK has apparently been pretty bored in all the spare time he has since he checked out on the ER.

Looks like he's resorted to some riskier, yet still epic, side activities to give him the adrenaline rush he used to get flying the 9:

 

Hey need a bit of perspective... which commute is worse if for some reason I get knocked of the 9 in DTW... MSP to ATL on anything I can hold, or MSP to NY on the ER, 73, 88, or 320?

 

I could be wrong, but I think Elvis has done both of those commutes. You might be able to pm him for his answer.

 

I haven't done those commutes, but I'd take the one with the most mainline options.

MSP-DTW has 9 daily flights on Delta
MSP-LGA has 11 daily flights on Delta & American
MSP-ATL has 17 daily flights on Delta & AirTran

 

NYC flights are more likely to be cancelled then ATL IMO. Just something to consider.

 

Only if your seniority is below, say... 10600 or so.

If it's above that, then ATL is much more likely to be cancelled. Happy bidding!

 

And with the crappier winter weather in NY, they cancell more often...and when (not if) you get stuck in NY, you'll pay through the nose for a motel, if you can even find one.

ATL has lots of cheaper motels, closer to the airport, and only about 1-2 'snow days' per winter.

Oh, one other thing, if you are based in NY, depending on what equipment, there is a chance you could be covering all 3 airports.

NY is the most junior base for a reason.

 

Having commuted to EWR... I can tell you when the northeast goes down there is absolutely no way to work or anything 1 state away.

But you know, when I commuted to JFK on the ER, I'd leave early in the morning for LGA and bus it over to JFK. Never had a problem and was rather astounded on a bad weather day by the shear number of people who just wouldn't make the commute in and it didn't seem to bother the company. At least not that I ever saw. My GRU was cancelled because the other FO missed the commute and I ended up walking the concourse to find flight after flight missing pilots. So not wanting scheduling to pick my poison, I chose Edinburgh.

And waited 3 hours for a new Captain. By the time we got to Canada the sun was up.

Which compared to Continental Express it was the complete opposite. There was no excuse for not showing on time. I ran into that several times but none worse than a buddy who's ID fell off his lanyard somewhere between the parking lot and TSA. I mean he had the lanyard around his neck when he got to TSA but no ID. He had arrived early so he had the time to go back and look but he just simply could not find it. He had to call the CPO for help, they were ticked. They told him he should've arrived earlier if he was going to need help with a lost ID.

 

I like this guy.