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06-10-2022, 04:27 AM

#21

Cyio

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Originally Posted by hvydvr

If you don't like jam-packed, I have bad news about the 2nd jump seat on a SWA 73 while you're trying to get to work.

Yeah that is always a humbling, but appreciated experience.

06-10-2022, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by hvydvr

If you don't like jam-packed, I have bad news about the 2nd jump seat on a SWA 73 while you're trying to get to work.

You can look through the HUD and call out deviations on the ILS. “One dot high skipper.”

06-10-2022, 09:47 AM

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Having lived in ATL, IAD, and CLT, and commuted to / from almost all of them at one time, I think you’ll find the CLT-ATL commute easier than the CLT-IAD/EWR commute.

Delta also seems to have much more mainline presence in CLT than United does.

But at this time United appears to be the better run airline and also offers the better seniority progression.

If you do move to base, you’ll find ATL to be pretty similar to CLT; more so than Northern Virginia.

06-10-2022, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Tank12

This was really the main difference I could think of. We like it in CLT so I was going to attempt the commuting life for at least 12 months. I'm sure my wife will be ready to move to EWR after a year of me losing a day on each side of the trip and not helping with the baby.

It’s pretty easy to get a 100% commutable schedule in ATL commuting from CLT. Most everyone I know was at a 100% commutable schedule (zero hotel stays in ATL) within a year or sooner. Might take paying attention to the open time pot to swap trips.

06-10-2022, 12:53 PM

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The answer is American

06-10-2022, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Otterbox

and modern bus fleet…

How much are they paying to drive the buses ?
Thats what I want to know

06-10-2022, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by usmc-sgt

You can look through the HUD and call out deviations on the ILS. “One dot high skipper.”

One dot high ? Don’t worry about it, watch this .
😂

06-11-2022, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by idlethrust

How much are they paying to drive the buses ?
Thats what I want to know

Can you log PIC?

06-11-2022, 02:04 PM

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Another vote for deciding which hub you are willing to relocate to, take the job that most aligns with your top pick, and then relocate when you're ready.

Don't forget UAL has IAD/DCA/BWI as a base. I don't know if that region is more agreeable to you coming from NC versus ATL/JFK/EWR.

06-11-2022, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Tank12

Why would you have to move to CLT? The DCA base is a good one with all the airplanes we fly out of EWR. Plus the weather is better, fewer ATC issues and definitely runs better operationally. More similar to CLT than EWR would be for you.