NY does suck, anyone who tells you differently is lying or had some advantage like living in or near base or arriving for rsv senior enough to avoid getting rekt that you won’t have if you’re still trying to make up your mind about coming to work at this dumpster fire of a company. For my part, I’ve already paid close to 20% of what I’ll make this month (as of the 20th) after taxes just going back and forth between JFK and LGA out of pocket, usually at night when the cheaper options are closed or dangerous, and I know the cheapest ways to do it. Why go between airports? You don’t have a choice, it’s a co-domicile as scheduling will laughingly remind you as they book your promised commuter hotel on the opposite side of the city, or call you out to sit standby at the other airport, and pilots are responsible for their own transportation, no matter what the contract says about non-stop van rides to your hotel.
And before someone points out that you can select which airport the commuter hotel is at, news flash: scheduling doesn’t care, they put you up wherever it’s cheapest for them, no matter what you put in your RF 200. Malicious compliance is the name of the game.
I highly recommend staying away from this place if you have any kind of expectations at all and you can’t confidently walk into class knowing you won’t get the crappy plane.