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Originally Posted by dera (Post 3432456)

Nonsense.

AA/UA/DL only fly their widebodies at daytime?

If you are worried about night flying at Fedex, well, bid for daytime flying. Problem solved.

snoozing for dollars is awesome......

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Originally Posted by Avroman (Post 3432356)

SWA and JetBlue have MCO bases (even if you may never be a captain in that base, you can live well at the top of the FO list) then it becomes a much harder choice. Delta is pretty commuter friendly with their positive space both ways. SWA is very not commuter friendly for a number of reasons (so you may choose to never upgrade because of that). UPS and AA offer drivable deals but 3+ hours driving every week each way will get old really quick like a 45 minute flight commute would. Not sure United would be anything good for you if you don't want to move... They have no SE bases so all your options are a relatively long flight and I just don't see anything setting them so far apart from the others to deal with that. FedEx pays a mint but also tends to send its pilots to the grave very soon after retiring, and well Memphis.

The other issue I am having is at Delta I’ll retire in the 700s and at AA I believe I’ll retire sub 100.

TORO

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Originally Posted by FAIPMAFIA (Post 3432611)

The other issue I am having is at Delta I’ll retire in the 700s and at AA I believe I’ll retire sub 100.

TORO

that system wide or in domicile.

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Originally Posted by buddies8 (Post 3432614)

that system wide or in domicile.

System wide.

TORO

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Originally Posted by Cujo665 (Post 3432579)

snoozing for dollars is awesome......

Best thing ever. I just did a 21 hour duty day, I was on the flight deck for 3 hours.

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Originally Posted by FAIPMAFIA (Post 3432611)

The other issue I am having is at Delta I’ll retire in the 700s and at AA I believe I’ll retire sub 100.

TORO

How much more money and how much of a better contract will you have at 700 with Delta vs 100 with AA? A lot can happen and sub-1,000 anywhere is stellar. Again personally I’d go for better contract and better pay.

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Originally Posted by chrisreedrules (Post 3432809)

Go for the better QOL for YOU. What is better QOL for one is not necessarily the same for someone else. The difference in money is likely not significant between two mainlines, even if it was 20%. I mean, if you’re making $200K a year, how much more does that change your lifestyle? Difference between making wide body and narrow body is more likely approaching that threshold and probably depends how much time you have left and what kind of flying you want to do. Commuting verses not commuting is probably going to be a bigger impact on overall QOL.

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Originally Posted by dera (Post 3432675)

Best thing ever. I just did a 21 hour duty day, I was on the flight deck for 3 hours.

Some of us actually like flying ;)
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Originally Posted by dera (Post 3432675)

Best thing ever. I just did a 21 hour duty day, I was on the flight deck for 3 hours.

Sounds like a OE flight or someone trying to consolidate…

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Originally Posted by Swakid8 (Post 3434007)

Sounds like a OE flight or someone trying to consolidate…

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No, ICN-China-ANC, CA and FO flew us down so was in the bunk asleep for that leg, slept through most of the loading/unloading, and the CA/other FO took the first half of the ANC leg.