its a fairly objective question with ample objective data. No need for rulers.

we could pick another question- who has the best work rules. From what i gather republic’s rigs are much better than the largely non-existent ones at the WO’s

 

Who said they were better? Stop projecting your insecurities and putting words into other people's mouth. The point is that there really isn't that much difference between the two, and there isn't. And it certainly shouldn't factor in where you choose to work. But I understand that some WO regionals need all they can plus super inflated bonuses that just scream that we are desperate to attract talent these days.

 

Look the question is about the best travel privileges right? Are you going sit here day and think that RPA travel privileges are better that AA mainline privileges? (AA mainline = WO) Say yes because you obviously think so.

But come on Lonestar, i would bet you a 100 dollars and round on me that one or ever have experience AA mainline privileges (24 hour check-in, 6 D1 passes a year, D2 priority with jumpseat privileges, Zed) you wouldn’t think twice about your RPA privileges.

I am not here to defend any WO work rules and conditions as I’ve said earlier, I have no skin in the game and there are reasons why I left a WO.

At the end of the day, travel privileges shouldn’t be a top deciding factor on where to go work however it can be used a tie breaker. It was for me when picked a WO over RPA. That worked for me and worked for me will not work for others.

 

I’m in the group of multiple options. I don’t care if I’m in the back or up front. The fact is you have a better chance when you have more busses to get from a to b. I’ve experienced this going from coast to coast using multiple carriers over one of the busiest travel days. Not to mention that if you live in a hub at a WO you’re automatically lower than anyone traveling through that hub regardless of if you checked in at 23hrs59min59sec prior to departure.

 

But am I wrong?

 

Fixed it for you

Good point. At AA, those who are traveling and are connecting through a hub will have through and transfer status added to their category which will beat out those who are starting their travel in a hub. That is because of how the system process the check-in time because obviously, those who are starting their travel at a outstation will have a earlier travel time. When I lived in Dallas, I saw a lot of this. When I lived in ORF, I benefited from this.

But I be a devil advocate, I still had those same multiple options that you had obviously will a better chance of going coast to coast on AA and lower chance as a OAL. Still managed just fine with mainline priority.

 

If you wanna play the game you drive to gsp an fly gsp-clt-lhr and then you get the transfer priority. Or you drop a D1. Or you do both.

either way, as noted above, AA mainline and WO have exactly identical travel benefits and they are seniority agnostic

 

if I’m understanding your explanation, it’s inaccurate.

lets say I’m flying
gsp-clt departing 0700
clt-lga departing 0900

i check in at 0600, 1 hour before departure
im still ahead of everyone originating in clt for the clt-lga flight. Even if they checked in 3 days ago and have rolled from flight to flight to flight because they were full

transfer pax are a fundamentally different category. It’s not just that they can check in earlier

 

As someone who has had both, sorry, but I like Republic’s benefits better. There’s nothing like the ability to take the Skytrain across DFW when AA is falling apart in an IROP or even just a normal day with all the revenue standys, D1T’s etc and hop on a wide-open United flight to the same exact place. The flexibility gained is absolutely worth the lower priority to me.

To each their own. One man’s trash is another man’s Miata.

 

Zed

we can all hop on any wide open flight