B6 or AA
 

30 years old and live in Maine, About 2 hours 20 mins from BOS. I have offers from JetBlue and AA. It seems like there’s mismanagement at both companies. Which would be the better route. Wide body flying isn’t that important to me. What is important is time at home and schedule flexibility.

Are you planning on staying a Mainuh for decades to come? No interest in moving?

AA, 100%. You can sit reserve at home. Can’t comfortably do that with JetBlue that far away.

If you’re planning on staying in Maine I’d go b6. AA Boston base is super senior and small. Domestic only on the 737. Yuck. How long will it be to hold an AA captain in Boston? What is it at b6? 3/4 years (non airbus). That’s just me tho. Maybe try DL. They’ve been dangling that Boston carrot for a decade now.

B6 max captain pay is higher than max 737 pay at AA (at least by the hourly rate) plus more junior. Just my opinion.

Plan on staying for sure.

BOS is senior for CA at AA, although you can get it pretty quick as an FO. I think the CA plug is a 2008 hire, although there was a pretty large hiring gap after that date - he's about halfway up the list overall. So 10 years maybe? It'll be a wait. If you know you're not going anywhere and don't care about widebody flying, I think I'd go to JetBlue. You *could* sit short call (and of course LC) that distance from BOS, but I think I'd rather just use my seniority to bid a quality line and maximize time off, and it seems that kind of seniority will happen sooner at JetBlue.

You’ll have way more opportunities at AA. They may not all be in BOS, but you’ll have them should you desire them one day in the future. For example, both JFK and PHL are very easy commutes for AA widebody positions. It might not interest you now, but it might in ten years.

BOS seniority at JB probably wont move much faster than AA. Perhaps on the A220 it might.

That said, I don’t see the JB BOS base going anywhere, while I could see AA closing theirs.

I wouldn’t focus too much on the BOS aspect, you’re 2 hours and 20 mins from the airport. It’s probably closer to 3 hours with traffic, dealing with Chelsea parking which I’ve heard has declined since we started parking there again.

Come to JetBlue. Our mismanagement is so deeply rooted in everything we do, it makes AA’s mismanagement look like amateurs.

Whats a B6 Captain top out at? AA 737 is 278.77.