Base Seniority?
02-11-2020, 10:32 AM
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That’s incredibly hard to predict. Medford is a pretty common base out of training. Generally you can get to where you want within a few months. Sometimes there won’t be vacancies for 6+ months (SEA recently). Any of them will likely be an option to you within your first year of working here. Where do you want to be?
02-11-2020, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by hydrostream
That’s incredibly hard to predict. Medford is a pretty common base out of training. Generally you can get to where you want within a few months. Sometimes there won’t be vacancies for 6+ months (SEA recently). Any of them will likely be an option to you within your first year of working here. Where do you want to be?
the best place to commute out of San Diego
02-11-2020, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Artifact
the best place to commute out of San Diego
As noted, you'll be SEA based initially on the E175. However, PAE and PDX are options that wouldn't take too long to hold as an FO. Over time you could figure out which E175 base has the easiest commute and/or most SAN overnights. One advantage that a PAE commute might have is that it's on Horizon aircraft (highest cabin/jumpseat priority). However, SEA has the most SAN flights on multiple airlines and is probably the best choice.
IMO, commuting from SAN to the Q400 MFR, BOI, or GEG bases would suck. And the SEA Q400 base is becoming almost non-existent. It takes years of seniority to hold a line on the Q400 in SEA in either seat. Commuting to PDX wouldn't be too bad, but right now it takes almost a year to hold a line in PDX as a Q400 FO.
Seriously, you really want the E175 as a SAN commuter.
02-11-2020, 10:40 PM
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I mean, I know QX despises OO, but if I were looking to compare commuting out of SAN and (I know, crazy, actually being based there!), wouldn’t one suggest a similar airline has a actual pilot base there, when everyone’s hiring?
What a silly industry we live in.
What a silly industry we live in.
02-12-2020, 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by jtsastre
I mean, I know QX despises OO, but if I were looking to compare commuting out of SAN and (I know, crazy, actually being based there!), wouldn’t one suggest a similar airline has a actual pilot base there, when everyone’s hiring?
What a silly industry we live in.
What a silly industry we live in.
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