Is AE the only regional with a DFW domicile?
 

All the horror stories I am reading about commuting is having me rethink my plans. As far as I can tell, Eagle is the only regional that has a base in the DFW area, can this be right?

Yes, Eagle is the only regional.

If you like charter, look at Champion Air. They have a DFW base.

If you have the experience, look at some of the fractionals.

As far as the majors, Southwest and American are obviously there, but they are not hiring. American will probably never hire again, at least as far as I can see. <sigh>

theres a few with houston bases, thats a pretty easy commute from dallas.

Check out Colgan too. They have a base in Tyler, TX, which is only an hour and a half from Dallas. You can drive that one.

As of today, that is right. 3 years ago, ASA had a DFW domicile. My advice - pick a domicile that is a carrier's bread and butter or stronghold. Small bases tend to be easier closed. But then again, anything can happen!

Eagle has a pretty junior base in DFW as far as i know, I used to live in dallas and tried hard as i could to get in to Eagle with lower than posted mins, but could not. If you got the mins, i'd say go for it. Eagle seems like a pretty tight ship even despite the sell-off rumors i'm still considering making the jump from piedmont over there.

ExpressJet will be hiring again in a month or two, with next class dates beginning in May 2008. DFW is a very easy commute to/from Houston and we also have San Antonio available. 75% of the flying here remains with Continental, so doubt the doubters and make your best pick if you must have a Texas domicile.

So, don't count us out - this has been, and continues to a be great place to work.

I doubt XJET will be hireing for the classes in May. They already have MANy in the pool that will be getting that class. MAy will go to the guys hired Oct-Dec 07 followed by anyone else but they are being very selective now.

Thanks for all the responses. I'm a low time guy, so I am looking at the regionals as my next step before charter or fractional flying (Can you say FlexJet?). I should have Eagles mins by this spring so I am thinking Eagle as my first choice because of the easy commute (I live in Fort Worth). I have heard good things about XJet as well, so hopefully they will have begun reducing any backlog created by their hiring gap by the time I have their mins so I will have another option. Thanks for the heads up on Colgan, but Tyler is about a 2+30 drive for me, so that could be a tough commute (I'd have to trade my pick up truck in for a Prius)

DFW is NOT junior... at least not on the EMB. 15 months in and my classmates and I STILL cannot hold a hard line. Not even a Relief Line, for that matter.

Whether or not to commute is a personal preference; some people hate it, for others it's a way to get the QOL/seniority/pay they want and things work out great. I think most places out of DFW are relatively commutable, but there's a few (like ORD) that are almost impossible. There's lots of flights on multiple carriers to DEN so Skywest would be a good commutable choice... ATL isn't very bad either (i've been back and fourth several times) so maybe RAH (Shuttle)?

Do you do much flying on reserve? Do you think is is any better on the SAAB?

What do they consider the base at LAX, easy to request or not?

You'll fly your butt off on RSV in the EMB, not as much but probably plenty in the Saab or CRJ.

LAX, easy to request but hard to get. Very senior and no openings there for newhires right now.

So if I pick I LA and get on reserve, does that mean I will be waiting for a while to actually fly, like when people call in sick or something Or will they base me in LA and make me fly out of a different city while on reserve, can I work as a flight instructor while I wait?

If you're flying your butt off then why do they have that long of a RSV?

I got hired at eagle 10/06 been holding a line since 08/07 in dfw pretty descent lines too but can't hold weekends yet

LAX for Eagle is not looking too good. We have quite a few people make the jump from the Saab to the Emb from the LAX base. You could still get it but I doubt you'll be flying much. I we had about 5 new hires move to ORD from LAX Saab this past month. ORD is the most junior base right now and DFW is not looking too bad. My one advice is try not to make your commute as small as possible or none at all. Best of luck.

Classes for the poolies will be in late March or April. Interviews are going on now for May. Just FYI.

Forget about Champion Air. Spoke with several FE's at the Air Inc. job fair in DFW and said they were going belly-up real soon.