LAX base
#12
Covfefe
Joined APC: Jun 2015
Posts: 3,001
Nobody said anything about guys living in LA commuting to NY (although there are some, and some FAs). It’s more guys in places like PHX/LAS/SFO/DEN/SEA/PDX type of places, where LAX is the logical place to commute in theory, but the pairings and QOL in LAX drive them to NY or BOS where it’s better. There were some FAs commuting from HNL to JFK, and there is an FO who commutes from LHR. Not sure they are “idiots” per se. Different strokes for different folks. One FA I talked to lives in LAX, based out of JFK, bids overnights at home. Often commutes in mint in a lie flat. It is a better QOL for her than being on reserve in LAX.
#14
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2021
Posts: 1,035
Nobody said anything about guys living in LA commuting to NY (although there are some, and some FAs). It’s more guys in places like PHX/LAS/SFO/DEN/SEA/PDX type of places, where LAX is the logical place to commute in theory, but the pairings and QOL in LAX drive them to NY or BOS where it’s better. There were some FAs commuting from HNL to JFK, and there is an FO who commutes from LHR. Not sure they are “idiots” per se. Different strokes for different folks. One FA I talked to lives in LAX, based out of JFK, bids overnights at home. Often commutes in mint in a lie flat. It is a better QOL for her than being on reserve in LAX.
#15
Line Holder
Joined APC: Feb 2016
Posts: 97
^^^shhhhh ya’ll…this is one less person to compete with at check-in time for that transcon Mint seat from the west coast to a cushy line full of 2-leg/24-hr Island overnights
#16
#18
New Hire
Joined APC: Aug 2022
Posts: 1
I do not want to be based there, I live on the east coast and if someone knows how can I get out of there the quickest or how and when can I Base Trade and how likely it would be for me to base trade every month I would appreciate your help very very much.
Thanks.
#19
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2011
Posts: 244
That right there is going to push our “industry leading” pairing construction even deeper into the rabbit hole.
To summarize, sometimes good intentions have bad consequences.
#20
Well, I am a new hire and got LAX out of training and I am the 2nd most junior in class which explains why I got it.
I do not want to be based there, I live on the east coast and if someone knows how can I get out of there the quickest or how and when can I Base Trade and how likely it would be for me to base trade every month I would appreciate your help very very much.
Thanks.
I do not want to be based there, I live on the east coast and if someone knows how can I get out of there the quickest or how and when can I Base Trade and how likely it would be for me to base trade every month I would appreciate your help very very much.
Thanks.
Last edited by todd1200; 08-05-2022 at 07:20 AM.
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