You make excellent points, I agree with them. I would mention commuting on Purple after flying all day is a little different than being the operating crew who laid around and slept a good bit of the day. That being said, I bid off of a domestic aircraft to an international fleet and personally enjoy the flying more than the hub turning. Day time hub turning gets monotonous but man it’s easy for the most part. Fly to MEM, workout, eat, nap, handle business, fly out. Boring and typically fairly short layovers though.

Dood give it a rest. We know why you left, and based on your reasoning, you didn't seem to be a fit.

Heck of a problem to have! Congrats.

Couple of things:

1. We don't just "sit around" during a hub turn like someone mentioned above. The jumpseat room does in fact have couches with people sitting around, who are jumping out. However, operating crew are usually tucked into their sleep room down the hall way. We have them in all bases.

2. Night flying has a stink to it. Most get used to it and find their rhythm, but some can't cut it and most likely never will. Our international flying here is quite nice, so much so, I'd say it's better than what you'd see at UAL/DL. That international flying and the length the layover does not sound appealing to me. 3-4 years on property can afford one in most instances a pure day-time flying line on a domestic WB.

3. Post the same question in the FedEx for some "opposing" opinions.

I've worked for both. You’ll have a fantastic career either way, so make a decision and don’t look back. Enjoy!

Never heard a single thing about a "bad culture" at FedEx, maybe you are thinking of your app in at UPS?

Ouch! No offense, but you probably won’t find a more unified or laid back pilot group than the IPA. An entertaining thread to follow. I think the OP has great options. In his shoes I would choose United and work in training kingdom, simply because that’s what my neighbor in Monument did and he had a good life. FEDEX would be better financially, but you won’t have the expense of traveling back to Colorado for ski season.

Pretty sure he was referring to the company's relationship with the pilots, and not the pilot group itself. I've heard that the IPA had to fight for everything they have. One of my favorite stories is when the IPA fought with the company to get coffee makers in some of your airplanes. I don't remember the exact details, but the gist was the company notoriously didn't want to pay for anything.

I would just follow the crowd. Look at which airline has hired the most pilots from the other airline over a certain period of time (let’s say past 24 months), and then just do what they did. Must be a reason why the traffic only flows in one direction 99% of the time. Saves you all the work of having to figure stuff out 😅

*side note: flying boxes is pure bliss, no other way about it*

Been super happy here for the past 6 years. Zero complaints really. But damn, I do love those ferry flights.

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Dozing for dollars or a dollar in regular clothes in my case still sounds a bit better than waiting around in sleep box for the next go or hauling bodies like ground hog day but y’all get paid well for it so there’s that. UA/Purple great opportunities. Someone did mentioned the tools have retired or moved on to the “Purple Toolbox” (777) My UA bud really enjoyed the international box hauling last year in the wide body with the door open, but now he said he’s back in the salt mines. Either way boxes rule people druel is a nice chant but really boxes don’t complain but can kill you and people in the back or up front have done the same. 4 person Crew to 2, that’s next sometime/whenever. Overall, it falls into your specific priorities and you can’t judge your career until 20/20 hindsight has set in. So hopefully you chose wisely and enjoy the ride and arrive at your retirement destination as unscathed as possible. These are great places to be - Well done, carry on!

Another thing to consider is the drastically less block time we do at FX. An average domestic night hub trip on the 75 is about 34hrs of pay and 10hrs of block. Tons of soft time built in that allows lots of extra time at home with the fam.