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04-10-2022, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by qekq

Do they have flights to a base that are consistent?

Flew with a CA years ago that commuted from MEM. There are multiple flights a day MEM-FK. She said the ride on FedEx was reliable, but the big PITA was getting from the JFK cargo hub over to the terminal. Sitting reserve you'd just need a cab/Uber to the crash pad unless you already had a trip. American & Delta can also get you to LGA. If we end up buying Spirit, MEM would probably be added to JetBlue's route map.

04-11-2022, 08:06 AM

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DO NOT commute for this airline. It’s miserable enough living in base.

04-11-2022, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by IAFDOF

DO NOT commute for this airline. It’s miserable enough living in base.

You should rethink your line of work if you’re truly miserable living in base. Can it be frustrating? Yes of course. But miserable? Come on now. And not for nothing, but we make the most money when this place is falling apart. It’s all relative homie.

04-15-2022, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ClncClarence

If you are based in JFK or BOS commuting on FedEx from MEM would be a piece of cake.

This. FedEx is an easy commute if you can deal with the hours. In JFK, there’s a free bus that runs on a loop between FEDEX and Federal Circle, where you can catch the Airtrain to the terminal.

04-15-2022, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by stinkbug

This. FedEx is an easy commute if you can deal with the hours. In JFK, there’s a free bus that runs on a loop between FEDEX and Federal Circle, where you can catch the Airtrain to the terminal.

in Bos there is a bus that will take you straight to the Jetblue terminal.

04-23-2022, 05:43 AM

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How commutable is reserve? Minimum days off on reserve? What are the the “on call” hours for short call?

What about the lines. How commutable are junior lines? Minimum days off when holding a line? If it’s more then I’m getting now at a regional but not 100% commutable it might be the same QOL for me till I can move.

04-25-2022, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by SaintNick

in Bos there is a bus that will take you straight to the Jetblue terminal.

This is good to know. Then I just have to wait for the preflight van….🙄🤣

04-29-2022, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Roy Biggins

Fair enough. It has been a pretty miserable few months for me, though. Even as an in-base lineholder, I’m on revision F every week. Is the extra money helpful? Sure. Personally I’d rather just have a reliable schedule, though.

04-29-2022, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by IAFDOF

I mean, we’ve seen both Delta and American pilots picket recently over fatiguing schedules and reassignments (mostly AA). You’d run on-time more there so it would be more reliable, but not sure it would be sunshine and rainbows either. Moving to one of their bases would help obviously.

04-29-2022, 12:06 PM

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Of course there are problems everywhere. The question is, whose management do you trust to be more competent long term? Delta has issues, sure, but they’re not likely to last. Jetblue, as others have said, isn’t giving me a lot of faith in their ability to fix things. They’re talking about it now, at least, but talk is cheap, and a botched merger with Spirit could get *real* ugly.

I want B6 to be a destination, but with the way things are right now and the legacies hiring in droves, can one really make a good argument for staying? But yes, misery is relative, so don’t take my misery as actual fact. It’s just BS airline pilot misery.