pitchattitude

The most likely way to get the 175 is as a cadet. The DECs will end up as 145s.

Upgrade time is not really a function of which aircraft you fly, per se. Upgrade is based on how quickly you can get to 950 hours. Whatever AIRCRAFT and BASE is the shortest reserve time and most productive lines will get you the time soonest. That is most likely the 145 in LGA.

If you want to fly the 175, getting your time soon means you won’t have the seniority when you get the time to hold the 175. You will likely end up upgrading onto the 145.

blindfayth

I see. I am a cadet, but was wondering if I could avoid the LGA commute all together. Looks like that's not really possible.

Thanks.

Whiskey4

Plenty of cadets avoid NY. Most seem to select the E175 ORD positions on day one (assuming they are offered, which they usually are...more E75 deliveries starting in Q4 2018 will also help). For example, the last class was 10 E75 ORD and 17 145 LGA.

Upgrade can be a little tougher, but if you drag your feet a bit accumulating flight time you may avoid NY. You may have to spend some time in the 145, but I would sweat that. There’s nothing super-special about UWEs (Under-Wing Engines)...and you don’t make more money for flying it.

E175 Driver

I can tell you is night and day different the Junk jet from the E175.

I upgraded on the junk jet and is garbage. Cant wait to get the E175!

Jamesthunder

Don't talk to me or my son ever again.

Whiskey4

Really? I actually enjoyed flying the 145 more than I do the 175.

The 175 is more comfortable, has a real coffee pot, and a forward lav.

I like both, but for very different reasons.

bigtime209

Mmmm yes...with coffee that's brewed from water that's put on the plane with a garden hose from the ramp. Yummy.

NoValueAviator

NY does suck, anyone who tells you differently is lying or had some advantage like living in or near base or arriving for rsv senior enough to avoid getting rekt that you won’t have if you’re still trying to make up your mind about coming to work at this dumpster fire of a company. For my part, I’ve already paid close to 20% of what I’ll make this month (as of the 20th) after taxes just going back and forth between JFK and LGA out of pocket, usually at night when the cheaper options are closed or dangerous, and I know the cheapest ways to do it. Why go between airports? You don’t have a choice, it’s a co-domicile as scheduling will laughingly remind you as they book your promised commuter hotel on the opposite side of the city, or call you out to sit standby at the other airport, and pilots are responsible for their own transportation, no matter what the contract says about non-stop van rides to your hotel.

And before someone points out that you can select which airport the commuter hotel is at, news flash: scheduling doesn’t care, they put you up wherever it’s cheapest for them, no matter what you put in your RF 200. Malicious compliance is the name of the game.

I highly recommend staying away from this place if you have any kind of expectations at all and you can’t confidently walk into class knowing you won’t get the crappy plane.

FullThrust

Lots of other regionals are hiring if you are that miserable

NoValueAviator

Already done the CBA on leaving, but that’s a different consideration than coming here in the first place, which is a mistake I’d never make again.