LA base?
 

For regionals with a base in LAX.
Is LA a city that a lot of pilots ask for as base?
I live in LA and my wife is too tough to leave town.

If you need to stay in California, Skywest is the airline to be based there as far as regionals.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

In general SOCAL airline bases tend to be somewhat senior at the top, but somewhat junior at the bottom since junior folks may not want to subject themselves to the high COL.

But LAX is also a popular base for commuters, plenty of flight options and no SFO flow. I've seen a lot of people actually move to LAS or RNO recently, to escape the taxes and politics; they just commute to LAX or maybe SFO.

Yes, OO is the regional for SOCAL, in addition to LAX you can drive to bases in PSP or SAN from LA and vice versa. With covid traffic you can probably sit reserve for any of those bases, anywhere in socal (that won't last though).

It used to be Compass (RIP) and Skywest were the regionals with bases there. Now just Skywest but not idea on how senior it is. For majors - last I knew 'pre-covid' it seemed like both was able to relatively get LAX as a base quickly (AA, UA and SWA is my gauge for FO) It all depends on needs, seniority etc. Anywhere you might wind up, you might take awhile to get from their junior base back to LAX. Then at upgrade time it will change all again. It's nearly impossible to 'plan' so be ready for commuting at various times in your career. Too many variables and right now with no one hiring, no one 'knows' . All this said LA is not a bad place to be out of unless you are having to commute to the east coast.

If you do have to live on the west coast and commute to the east coast, LAX is probably going to be the best western airport for that commute. Lots of options, better weather than SFO or SEA.

That sounds horrible. Commuting is bad anyway you look at it, but a coast to coast would burn me out fast.

Depends, if it's between two big hubs with lots of flights, not too bad. There are worse commutes, pretty much any two-leg commute IMO. The real pain is actually getting on the flight, not so much the sitting there on the plane.

I know plenty of folks who do it. Since I work transcons, it usually means I've got the first leg of the trip if the other guy just commuted in.

Taking a peek at the SkyWest seniority list, you could essentially hold LAX (right seat) on the 175 out of training.

As rickair7777 stated, both seats are not very senior to hold, but you’re going to be enjoying reserve for some time.

Side note: I’ve worked LAX-RNO multiple times, the flight was PACKED with commuters. DL, UA, AA, AS, even some fractional guys.

Ask yourself which fleet will garner the most amount of respect.

Engine-under wing time. Definitely.