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11-23-2018, 01:47 PM

RAW360

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SLC base after FO training

I’m going to try and commute from Seattle so I’m looking to get a base as far west as I can. I start E175 training in Dec and my recruiter said I have a 90% chance to get SLC out of training. Realistically, what are the odds of this happening? If not, will I be looking more towards LGA or ORD? If ORD, any ideas on how the SEA-ORD/ORD-SEA commute might look like?

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11-23-2018, 02:29 PM

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Why in the name of all that is holy are you not going to horizon?

11-23-2018, 02:35 PM

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I did SEA-ORD for awhile. Its ruff. Realy long also.. QX would be your best bet.. unless you can put up with a commute for a year..

11-23-2018, 05:50 PM

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Why in the name of all that is holy are you not going to horizon?

I did. I have a Negligent Driving from 2011 so they didn’t take me.

11-23-2018, 05:51 PM

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I did SEA-ORD for awhile. Its ruff. Realy long also.. QX would be your best bet.. unless you can put up with a commute for a year..

Dang. Well hopefully the recruiter was right. Thanks

11-23-2018, 08:05 PM

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I also did SEA-ORD for a while but didn’t think it was too bad. There are a lot of non stops, so getting to/from is easy, but yes it’s a long flight. Usually I had a seat in back which helped. Everything was commutable on the back end. SLC is going very junior right now. SAN too. Welcome aboard!

11-23-2018, 09:00 PM

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Sweet! Great news, thank you.

11-24-2018, 10:18 PM

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It's only a matter of time before the music stops for new-hires getting SLC on the 175, and when the music stops, it won't start again for a long long time. Hopefully you get in before it gets quiet.

11-25-2018, 05:18 AM

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It's only a matter of time before the music stops for new-hires getting SLC on the 175, and when the music stops, it won't start again for a long long time. Hopefully you get in before it gets quiet.

Commuting to sit reserve in SLC would be far worse then commuting to a line in ORD. With a line in ORD you can post your trips up and pick trips up in SEA or PDX/SFO/BOI.

11-25-2018, 07:41 AM

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Commuting to sit reserve in SLC would be far worse then commuting to a line in ORD. With a line in ORD you can post your trips up and pick trips up in SEA or PDX/SFO/BOI.

I have a similar question about SAN, my preferred domicile. If it isn't coming available soon, better to sit reserve for a few months in ORD or LGA or find a line somewhere junior until SAN opens up? I head SAN was junior but the most recent FO hire on the SkyWest domicile seniority page shows Apr 2018. My class starts 28 Dec.