MCO New Hire. Where is the best regional ?

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03-09-2016 | 10:39 AM

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I just had a trip with a bunch of RDU MCO turns and not one of those flight were full. Some were fullish, but all the nonrevs were getting seats.

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Yeah I interviewed with GO JET who has RDU as a junior base. Compass, Republic, and Envoy. I'm not sure which one would be the best to go to. Would like to go somewhere that has an upgrade below 3 years, pays decent, and doesn't fly POS airplanes.

03-09-2016 | 11:10 AM

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Clt is easy out of Mco it's mostly 321's so there's going to be 2 jumpseats most of the time.

03-09-2016 | 11:27 AM

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CLT and New York are the easiest commutes out of MCO that I've heard of. It honestly seems like CLT isn't as hard a commute out of FL as ATL and some other places are.

03-09-2016 | 11:48 AM

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PSA has a charlotte base.

Check pilotdomiciles.com for a map of current bases.

That's if you can hold CLT as a base. Junior base is Dayton, 2 leg commute from MCO.

I wouldn't plan on a 3 year upgrade at PSA at this time. We have had 4 upgrades this year. Can't get FOs in the door so we can't upgrade. Also if you do upgrade it will most likely be in DAY and right back to that 2 leg commute.

03-09-2016 | 11:57 AM

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Other than that it's awesome.

03-09-2016 | 12:02 PM

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MCO LGA/JFK was cake. I would recommend Endeavor. Easy commute, good equipment, path to Delta and highest paid.

03-09-2016 | 12:06 PM

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I commuted on Southwest between MCO and STL every weekend for 2 to 3 months while in training and never had an issue. Only needed the jumpseat once I think.

03-09-2016 | 12:11 PM

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I've heard Florida to NYC isn't too bad. Also know a few doing the commute into DTW and they said it works out well enough and they don't have to 2 leg it.

03-09-2016 | 12:12 PM

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RyanP

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Either:
Envoy - DFW (10 Flights a day on AA, one OAL)
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Endeavor - JFK/LGA (Each have 5-6 flights a day on Delta, + other flights on Jetblue and AA)

This matters for commuting priority who you work for.. difference between getting on a flight or not.

Definitely wouldn't go to Republic right now, they are about to be in for big stagnation with the loss of airplanes, pilots bailing out and way too much bankruptcy uncertainty.