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03-02-2023, 07:36 AM

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Corned Beef

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Originally Posted by Globemaster2827

I think of posts just like this when I'm getting in my car to drive home to my huge house in the suburbs to spend the next 3.5 weeks at home on reserve with my family and I see yall headed to the jumpseat room at midnight to spend 4 hours playing on your phone while hoping your 2 hour flight doesn't delay so you can get home for (almost) 2 days off before you have to commute back to work...

I’m happy you’ve discovered the secret of the industry, that living in base is a game changer. Same as any other airline in the industry. Great it works for you, enjoy your large home in “base housing east”.

03-02-2023, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by MEMA300

wait till you go sick for a funeral. I had to prove i was there so I turned in the funeral home program bulletin showing my family member had actually died. Reminded me of George from Seinfeld…. I should of produced a polaroid next to casket instead.

Sounds like a solid place to work

03-02-2023, 10:46 AM

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MEMA300

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Can be exciting. https://youtu.be/nv0RWnuAFY4

03-02-2023, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by MEMA300

Can be exciting. https://youtu.be/nv0RWnuAFY4

Post of the month. Easily. Died laughing.

03-06-2023, 07:33 PM

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So was this in a good part or bad part of town?

03-06-2023, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Gilligan13

So was this in a good part or bad part of town?

you mean “bad part of town or worse part of town”

03-06-2023, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by threeighteen

you mean “bad part of town or worse part of town”

Lol, so where do the rich people live?

03-06-2023, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Gilligan13

Lol, so where do the rich people live?

Nashville area. Franklin and Brentwood are decent. Lots of good places about 4 hours away from MEM. If you're willing to take a bit more of a drive Manchester, TN is 5 hours away and up on the Plateau by on the way to Chattanooga. I liked it down there. Good trails and biking. Not a bad place to have a plane either. There are some nice areas of Southern Illinois with rolling spurs and limestone cliffs that are drivable to MEM. I'm not a FDX guy, so I don't know exactly how your trips are built out. Still, about 4 hours was my comfortable drive-in-to-fly distance when I was in the area.

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03-06-2023, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by LuckyvsGood

the union is going to pour out a 40

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QACY04l5OHo

03-06-2023, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Globemaster2827

Great. It really works out for me. I can't imagine my kids growing up in most of the places yall live either... With crazy taxes, horrible weather, insane costs of living, crime scenes that are just as bad on the wrong side of town, taking the dock in pay for waiting to upgrade until I can hold that double dead head that works me to exhaustion twice a month and most importantly me never being home to raise them. I guess I'll just have to explain to my 16 year old not to take the car cruising through Orange Mound to hang out with all the street gangs and FedEx commuters to avoid getting shot. Then again I grew up in Dallas and was smart enough to not go driving around South Oak Cliff for fun, so I've got some experience with what to tell them and I'll at least be home to explain things they need help with...

Let’s be honest, if you chose MEM aside from any work concerns than you have truly reached your shangri-la and I salute you - one of the few or one who lives the dream well done. Make no mistake the rest us having lived in TN for awhile know where our trouble child lives on the left coast if you will. We have all the benefits without the strife and I myself was pushed by our mutual friends to select MEM as our temporary base. Even though odds are my family is much safer in MT and I could save half a day my safety and enjoyable flying that is more lucrative out of another base forces a no pressure single commute based on my priorities. No one chose MEM during the pandemic debacle to flee to for any reason other than perhaps family or getting a job. Every city has its “no-go” areas but MEM ranks at the top of the most violent cities with several others. You can cherry pick from so many lists out there but MEM is a trend item. Sometimes it’s #1, sometimes it falls off the list but unfortunately it’s always a contender…

1. Memphis, Tennessee

The most dangerous city in the USA is Memphis, Tennessee. With a population of 628,127, Memphis has a crime rate that is 237% higher than the national average. Memphis has 7,913 crimes per 100,000 people, with an exceptionally high violent crime rate. In 2022, there were 15,318 incidents of violent crime, including 289 counts of murder, 2,134 counts of robbery, and 12,484 incidents of assault.

*Bottom line, many airlines have domiciles in violent areas and MEM is just another.