Best regional for a communte from SYR
10-08-2018, 02:22 PM
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Best regional for a communte from SYR
I'm about 6 months out from the regionals with around 1100TT and climbing. I have a home and property in the Syracuse area (unfortunately but whatever). My current top pick for a regional is Endeavor. I was wondering what may be a good regional apply for in the spring given I will be commuting out of SYR. Anyone on this board actually live in upstate NY near SYR?
10-08-2018, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Chemtrail1
I'm about 6 months out from the regionals with around 1100TT and climbing. I have a home and property in the Syracuse area (unfortunately but whatever). My current top pick for a regional is Endeavor. I was wondering what may be a good regional apply for in the spring given I will be commuting out of SYR. Anyone on this board actually live in upstate NY near SYR?
10-08-2018, 06:39 PM
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Yea, that is why Endeavor is top of my list right now. I will be communicating with recruiting pretty soon, and have at least one contact who is a Captain in case they are still paying referral bonus - she really gave me a nice pep talk about Endeavor recently on the way into JFK. I should have ATP mins by February, have a BS degree, and am former military (if it matters) so hopefully I can get in. Any suggestions on second choices? I will be posting on the Endeavor forum for application timing questions...
10-09-2018, 08:20 AM
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Once you’re a lineholder at 9E you can easily preference for overnights in SYR and should have no problem getting 3-4 a month on the 900 , which will make up for the 3-4 nights a month you’ll likely need to stay in NYC as a junior lineholder (once you have some seniority you’ll hold commutable lines).
10-09-2018, 09:16 AM
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Go Orange! What I did in my area was look at all the flights going in and out of my airport on flightaware. I know I will have to commute, but I really want to commute on my own metal so I get priority over other standbys. Also, as a former NYer, bid on some routes that take you south. At least you’ll get to overnight somewhere warm and sunny.
11-21-2018, 04:02 PM
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So guys I'm revisiting this thread again as I'm now at 1300TT and according to the recruiters I should be applying very soon if not already. Thing is, 9E is looking like things are slowing down and time to get a line from here is looking like a growing delay. I'm considering other options whereby I could get flying faster. Given my advanced age (lol 47) I want to pay my dues as fast as possible at the regionals and hopefully move on within a few years. Looking at EWR as a base now with C5 (Commutair) having 4 flights a day from SYR - C5 is not exactly somewhere I would chose to stay for long but they look like a place to go if you value flight and upgrade time over QOL...Any thoughts folks? Certainly a lot of moving parts in this decision.
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