Best Airline for NE Florida
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Best Airline for NE Florida
Looking for opinions and perspective on the best option for living in the Jacksonville/St. Augustine area.
Delta
ATL has ~10-12 flights per day from Jax. About the same number of flights split between JFK and LGA.
Pros: Great company, first to a new contract
Cons: Commuting to work, back side of hiring wave, most likely won't see wide body captain until end of career. Looking at widget seniority, it looks like NB captain wouldn't be great out of ATL either over the career based on those projections. Best bet would be commuting to NYC.
SW
MCO base within 1.5 to 2 hours driving distance. Senior base, could hold within a few months out of training, would have to commute to upgrade until senior enough to hold MCO as a captain.
Pros: Drive to work, financially stable
Cons: 737 forever and a senior base
AA
MIA has 4 flights and CLT has 6 flights per day
Pros: Rapid seniority progression compared to the others
Cons: Least financially stable company, commute to work
Obviously the pro and con lists are longer for each, but those are the main things that come to mind. Looking for any input!
Delta
ATL has ~10-12 flights per day from Jax. About the same number of flights split between JFK and LGA.
Pros: Great company, first to a new contract
Cons: Commuting to work, back side of hiring wave, most likely won't see wide body captain until end of career. Looking at widget seniority, it looks like NB captain wouldn't be great out of ATL either over the career based on those projections. Best bet would be commuting to NYC.
SW
MCO base within 1.5 to 2 hours driving distance. Senior base, could hold within a few months out of training, would have to commute to upgrade until senior enough to hold MCO as a captain.
Pros: Drive to work, financially stable
Cons: 737 forever and a senior base
AA
MIA has 4 flights and CLT has 6 flights per day
Pros: Rapid seniority progression compared to the others
Cons: Least financially stable company, commute to work
Obviously the pro and con lists are longer for each, but those are the main things that come to mind. Looking for any input!
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Are you set on those 3?
Spirit and JetBlue both have Orlando bases.
Also if you are positive you are staying in that area I can only say to go to whichever has the easiest commute. A 1.5 hour drive is commutable in my opinion however having to commute by air the entirety of my career would be a no go for me.
Spirit and JetBlue both have Orlando bases.
Also if you are positive you are staying in that area I can only say to go to whichever has the easiest commute. A 1.5 hour drive is commutable in my opinion however having to commute by air the entirety of my career would be a no go for me.
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