Truth about Commuting
01-05-2007 | 09:10 PM
#21
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From: FO, looking left
What airlines can you fly LAX-DEN???
American
Frontier (Denver is their major hub and LAX is a focus city)
United (Both Denver and LAX are major hubs)
United has 2000+ seats a day between LAX and DEN
6 Boeing 757's
3 Boeing 737/A320 sized aircraft
1 widebody Boeing 767
1 widebody Boeing 777
Even if ONLY United flew that route, you would be fine.
On top of that:
Frontier flies 6 A319's daily on that route.
American flies 4 MD-80's daily on that route.
Of all the commutes possible to be flown by airline pilots, LAX-DEN has to be on of the easiest.
American
Frontier (Denver is their major hub and LAX is a focus city)
United (Both Denver and LAX are major hubs)
United has 2000+ seats a day between LAX and DEN
6 Boeing 757's
3 Boeing 737/A320 sized aircraft
1 widebody Boeing 767
1 widebody Boeing 777
Even if ONLY United flew that route, you would be fine.
On top of that:
Frontier flies 6 A319's daily on that route.
American flies 4 MD-80's daily on that route.
Of all the commutes possible to be flown by airline pilots, LAX-DEN has to be on of the easiest.
01-06-2007 | 02:57 AM
#22
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: 7ER B...whatever that means.
What airlines can you fly LAX-DEN???
American
Frontier (Denver is their major hub and LAX is a focus city)
United (Both Denver and LAX are major hubs)
United has 2000+ seats a day between LAX and DEN
6 Boeing 757's
3 Boeing 737/A320 sized aircraft
1 widebody Boeing 767
1 widebody Boeing 777
Even if ONLY United flew that route, you would be fine.
On top of that:
Frontier flies 6 A319's daily on that route.
American flies 4 MD-80's daily on that route.
Of all the commutes possible to be flown by airline pilots, LAX-DEN has to be on of the easiest.
American
Frontier (Denver is their major hub and LAX is a focus city)
United (Both Denver and LAX are major hubs)
United has 2000+ seats a day between LAX and DEN
6 Boeing 757's
3 Boeing 737/A320 sized aircraft
1 widebody Boeing 767
1 widebody Boeing 777
Even if ONLY United flew that route, you would be fine.
On top of that:
Frontier flies 6 A319's daily on that route.
American flies 4 MD-80's daily on that route.
Of all the commutes possible to be flown by airline pilots, LAX-DEN has to be on of the easiest.
Commuting between an airline's hubs has got to be one of the toughest commutes out there. Sure, there are tons of seats between the two but there are also probably tons of pilots trying to make that same commute. So it would probably suck if you are offline and even online it will suck while you are junior.
01-06-2007 | 07:34 AM
#24
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From: FO, looking left
Burbank to Denver
Ontario to Denver
Orange County to Denver
When I went into college, I had lived my entire life in the San Francisco Bay Area and I went to school at the University of Colorado. I flew SFO-DEN nonrev about 20+ times a year (10 round trips). And I ONLY get to fly on United (no Frontier), and I DON'T get jumpseat privledges. The four years I was in college, I NEVER had a problem. NEVER, EVER, NEVER EVER, NOT EVEN ONCE!!!
The first time was when I flew back to visit some friends this December 15th. Planned on staying until December 23nd. Then we had a major snowstorm that closed the airport for 3 days (20th, 21st, and 22nd). I didn't even try to get out on Saturday the 23rd (althought I probably could have). Woke up at 6am on the 24th, stood by for flights at:
6am to SFO
6:30 to LAX
7:20 to LAS
8:25 to SMF
8:40 to PHX
Got on the 8:40am flight to Phoenix. PAINLESS. The actual aircraft flew DEN-PHX-SFO. No getting off the airplane. No changing seat. PAINLESS.
Of all the nonrev flying I have done, hub to hub has been the easiest.
If you try to fly LAX-DEN and all the flights are full, you can connect to ANY city on the west coast. Here are some good options:
Drive to Burbank, then BUR-DEN
LAX-ONT-DEN
LAX-SNA-DEN
LAX-PHX-DEN
LAX-SAN-DEN
LAX-FAT-DEN
LAX-SBA-DEN
LAX-MRY-DEN
LAX-PSP-DEN
LAX-TUS-DEN
LAX-RNO-DEN
LAX-LAS-DEN
LAX-SFO-DEN
LAX-OAK-DEN
LAX-SJC-DEN
LAX-SMF-DEN
LAX-SLC-DEN
LAX-COS-DEN
And I am leaving out Oregon (PDX, EUG), Washington (SEA, Spokanne), Idaho (Boise), New Mexico (ABQ)...
Oh, lets not forget United's 3 class Boeing 777's flown on hub-hub routes. Have you ever sat in a United first class seat on a 3 class airpane. Most amazing seat I have ever seen on an aircraft.
Ontario to Denver
Orange County to Denver
When I went into college, I had lived my entire life in the San Francisco Bay Area and I went to school at the University of Colorado. I flew SFO-DEN nonrev about 20+ times a year (10 round trips). And I ONLY get to fly on United (no Frontier), and I DON'T get jumpseat privledges. The four years I was in college, I NEVER had a problem. NEVER, EVER, NEVER EVER, NOT EVEN ONCE!!!
The first time was when I flew back to visit some friends this December 15th. Planned on staying until December 23nd. Then we had a major snowstorm that closed the airport for 3 days (20th, 21st, and 22nd). I didn't even try to get out on Saturday the 23rd (althought I probably could have). Woke up at 6am on the 24th, stood by for flights at:
6am to SFO
6:30 to LAX
7:20 to LAS
8:25 to SMF
8:40 to PHX
Got on the 8:40am flight to Phoenix. PAINLESS. The actual aircraft flew DEN-PHX-SFO. No getting off the airplane. No changing seat. PAINLESS.
Of all the nonrev flying I have done, hub to hub has been the easiest.
If you try to fly LAX-DEN and all the flights are full, you can connect to ANY city on the west coast. Here are some good options:
Drive to Burbank, then BUR-DEN
LAX-ONT-DEN
LAX-SNA-DEN
LAX-PHX-DEN
LAX-SAN-DEN
LAX-FAT-DEN
LAX-SBA-DEN
LAX-MRY-DEN
LAX-PSP-DEN
LAX-TUS-DEN
LAX-RNO-DEN
LAX-LAS-DEN
LAX-SFO-DEN
LAX-OAK-DEN
LAX-SJC-DEN
LAX-SMF-DEN
LAX-SLC-DEN
LAX-COS-DEN
And I am leaving out Oregon (PDX, EUG), Washington (SEA, Spokanne), Idaho (Boise), New Mexico (ABQ)...
Oh, lets not forget United's 3 class Boeing 777's flown on hub-hub routes. Have you ever sat in a United first class seat on a 3 class airpane. Most amazing seat I have ever seen on an aircraft.
01-08-2007 | 04:31 AM
#25
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From: I am the Captain now...
I've had no problem commuting out of the Bay Area to IAH. SFO, OAK or SJC usually have something open, if not the bench up front.... worst case scenario, SMF isn't too far away to drive to get a seat either. It just really sucks losing that extra 10 hours off each trip going back and forth. 
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