Base Seniority?
02-12-2020, 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Artifact
SAN super senior at OO
I think OO saw some longer upgrade times in the last couple years, but I'd expect them to shorten as retirements continue to ramp up. Could probably hold LAX CA in a comparable timeframe to QX.
Future predictions are difficult, but I think the conventional wisdom is that OO is a stronger bet if you're a SoCal resident.
02-15-2020, 02:58 PM
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If you want to be west coast based and stay that way, you're going to want to avoid OO. Sure, you can get SAN or LAX fairly soon as an FO, but if you ever plan on upgrading your butt is going straight to Detroit. Have fun commuting to reserve there.
02-15-2020, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by snackysmores
If you want to be west coast based and stay that way, you're going to want to avoid OO. Sure, you can get SAN or LAX fairly soon as an FO, but if you ever plan on upgrading your butt is going straight to Detroit. Have fun commuting to reserve there.
FAT in the CRJ is doable... probably a 3 year upgrade. You could do your FO in an E175 and then get another type when you upgraded. That would buff and polish the old resume.
02-16-2020, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by jtsastre
Also, someone showed me right now it’s 5-year most junior CA SAN, and 4-year most junior CA LAX, FWIW.
02-16-2020, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by amcnd
^if your talking OO. Keep in mind there LAX growth happens this summer. Those times will drop.. And if the new AA 175’s go out west. Then they will drop even more..
02-16-2020, 04:49 PM
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Kind of a drag...
SkyWest is such a frequent topic of conversation on the flight deck and in the crew rooms and on the jumpseat and On Your Horizon, and in the graffiti in SEA and BOI bathrooms, and now we're talking about them here, on a QX forum page, in a thread about QX seniority.
Just can't stop talking about them.
Oh, and in April QX pulls out of SMF so all AAG flying to PDX is OO so my boarding priority just went from #1 commuter to #3 OAL.
SkyWest is such a frequent topic of conversation on the flight deck and in the crew rooms and on the jumpseat and On Your Horizon, and in the graffiti in SEA and BOI bathrooms, and now we're talking about them here, on a QX forum page, in a thread about QX seniority.
Just can't stop talking about them.
Oh, and in April QX pulls out of SMF so all AAG flying to PDX is OO so my boarding priority just went from #1 commuter to #3 OAL.
02-16-2020, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by jtsastre
Also, someone showed me right now it’s 5-year most junior CA SAN, and 4-year most junior CA LAX, FWIW.
https://www.skywest.com/skywest-airl...es/pilot-jobs/
According to this, LAX ERJ CA is a little over 3 years, and SAN ERJ CA is pushing 5 years.
If I lived in SAN and had no intention of moving, I'd still pick OO over QX. LAX/SAN as an FO pretty quickly, and a Socal ERJ CA upgrade in 3 years or less. It's a future prediction, but it's likely to be less with OO's future plans and uptick in industry retirements.
Best case at QX as a SAN commuter, you get PNW based with a 2+ year upgrade.
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