Life in the Airlines
04-22-2018, 07:48 PM
#21
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Originally Posted by kevbo
A good friend commented recently, "I've got 19 years with AA and I'm still on call". Cheers!
04-23-2018, 05:13 AM
#23
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8,000 in DFW holds a line as 320 CA. 737 CA is reserve.
So the OP can see the choices of choosing reserve vs a line, or commuting vs not commuting. As a commuter he wouldn’t want to be a CA in DFW at 8,000. Maybe PHL, MIA or LGA. As a commuter w/b the difference for an international long haul flight (real example) is -
Commuter - leave at 0900, home at 2245
Local guy - leave at 1400, home at 1830.
That’s five rds of golf, tennis matches, mowing, and five dinners per month spent commuting. Leaving in your ideal town has value but it has a physical and financial cost.
So the OP can see the choices of choosing reserve vs a line, or commuting vs not commuting. As a commuter he wouldn’t want to be a CA in DFW at 8,000. Maybe PHL, MIA or LGA. As a commuter w/b the difference for an international long haul flight (real example) is -
Commuter - leave at 0900, home at 2245
Local guy - leave at 1400, home at 1830.
That’s five rds of golf, tennis matches, mowing, and five dinners per month spent commuting. Leaving in your ideal town has value but it has a physical and financial cost.
04-23-2018, 05:22 AM
#24
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
If he could get by with $250K instead of $400K, he could have any schedule he wanted.
Everyone has a different answer to the same equation.
04-24-2018, 08:01 AM
#25
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Originally Posted by kevbo
A good friend commented recently, "I've got 19 years with AA and I'm still on call". Cheers!
To add to what other posters have said, I would highly recommend living in base. I live within short call range of my hub and the QOL is amazing. I left one major for another so I could live where I grew up and sit short call from my house. On top of QOL, you career earnings will likely be higher as well. Not commuting will allow you to take the next upgrade much earlier than if you had to commute. Living in base makes it like a whole different job as compared to commuting.
04-24-2018, 01:20 PM
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Junior DAL Captain. Moved from SAT to ATL. Been on RES since I made it into the left seat in November. Total block since 1 Jan: (69 - 2) hours. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop but my phone ain't ringing much. With all the practice I've been getting, at the ripe old age of 47 I'm almost as good at PS4 as somebody half my age!
05-23-2018, 03:45 AM
#28
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Commuting CAN work too. Have a friend in SAT...bids JFK. Has seniority to hold a lot of SAT overnights and the odd deadhead too. Still gets lots of home time--just reverse engineers it a bit.
Options are nice. Most airline gigs give you options...
Options are nice. Most airline gigs give you options...
05-23-2018, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Albief15
Commuting CAN work too. Have a friend in SAT...bids JFK. Has seniority to hold a lot of SAT overnights and the odd deadhead too. Still gets lots of home time--just reverse engineers it a bit.
Options are nice. Most airline gigs give you options...
Options are nice. Most airline gigs give you options...
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