I mean, just a quick browse of the recent threads in the respective sub forums would answer my question.

AA Thread 1

AA Thread 2

DL Thread 1

DL Thread 2

Dumpster fire vs Firing on all cylinders is how I see it.

Delta reserve is long call, with a 12 hr callout, which can be escalated to short call 6 times per month. For most reserves it is closer to 3-4 on the high end. Short call rule is "promptly available" which is generally understood to be around 2 hrs in most domiciles in normal traffic, there is no hard specified time.

A 3 hr drive would be pushing it for short call to the tune of probably wanting to find a quiet place to sit partway to Atlanta, but for the most part reserve would be at home unless actually flying.

Clearly the answer is in your back yard, AA. Why do you have doubt???

I would say AA; drive to work, seniority. Delta is the better company and probably will be for awhile... but driving to work is the best.

Not the safest thing to fly a red eye and then jump in the car and drive 3hrs home.

I have a buddy at AA who lives in base. Every time I talk to him he tells me he'd be gone yesterday if he could take his seniority with him.

Valid point. But probably not too safe to drive three hours for a late sign in and fly a red-eye, but lots of people do that too

Because AA is not as solid as Delta??? :rolleyes:

That's saying a lot when you can drive to work...

I’m sure there’s plenty of people who would leave their company if they could take their seniority with them.

AA has its issues for sure, but the fundamentals are solid and a turn around is pretty much inevitable.

The grass is always greener.