If making this choice and wanting to live in Nashville and ultimately fly WB for one of these two, I would assume ATL for Delta and IAD for United. Are both easily commutable from BNA?

Flowing is an option and the prospects of the bonus and MIA are attractive. I don’t want to give up even a month of seniority though. I think the coming recession will at best slow things quite a bit for a couple years and at worst we *might* see furloughs. Delta also seems to have far superior reserve rules than United. And I also think there is value in getting on a mainline seniority list and getting 1,000+ pilots junior to you as fast as possible *if* furloughs were to happen.

AA furloughed over 1600 with Covid, and a few thousand during 2001 and 2008. 1000 is a good start, but you will need a LOT more than that behind you to avoid furlough.

Congrats on having your pick of the Big 3. Nice work! It seems to me these days the UA folks are the least ****ed off, but the commute to IAD/EWR doesn’t sound great.

Delta does have pretty decent reserve rules. I’ve even intentionally bid reserve as a commuter and it’s just fine. Positive space commuting is nice too, but of course is not guaranteed to stay. The JS booking system is pretty good though; 5 days prior to your trip you can book the JS beginning at noon. Once you’ve booked it the JS is yours, even if a 30 year guy shows up (only rare exceptions are MEL’d JS, line check, FAA, etc). For junior people this is a markedly better system than what AA has, from what I understand. You mentioned your North Florida location offers 10-12 flights a day to ATL. I can only assume you’re talking about JAX, which does indeed have plenty of commuters, but I haven’t heard that it’s an awful commute or anything. Also far more daily flights from there to ATL v CLT/MIA/IAD/EWR, which frankly makes a huge difference in commuter QOL. Best of luck in your decision!

Contact AA recruiting and tell them about your job offers and see if you can get an interview ASAP. Supposedly it works… and you keep your bonus

AA jumpseat reservation is 8pm CT, 8 days prior. First come first serve. So… “markedly” better? What?

That's...bold. But awesome if it actually works. Let us know OP!

Guess I’m wrong. I had heard something about time of check in. Thanks for correcting.

Man you did a great job as interim Mec chair and on the BSL, don’t short yourself. You know how much of a dumpster fire that place is and the debt load. Come to DL or go to UAL. Great seniority progression at UAL and phenomenal union & unity, DL won’t be as easy to commute to ATL but hopefully there’s some growth to come and maybe the old farts will move out.

Nothing but respect for you, email your cjo to AA if you absolutely have to go that route, it does indeed work. But god please think about it

good luck!

I'm sure I don't have to tell you this, since you're a Delta pilot (or claim to be) but with profit sharing and other benefits, Delta is still leading the segment. I'll draw you the whole picture since you pretended to not know what I meant. "Go where you can stand to live but if you can stand to live in a Delta base, they do pretty well". Comprende? Feel better now?

Go fly a kite ya former Skywest United half wing troll. I've got more time inside the marker than you have in this whole industry. You're a laughing stock. Listen more, talk less and maybe you'll actually learn something.