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#2311
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Joined APC: May 2009
Position: Another RJ FO
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Best base to work out of depends on what you want. SFO, SLC and FAT have the highest credit trips. LAX and PSP have the best overnights with the bonus of not having to deal with as much SFO flow BS but they fly more legs per trip with generally lower credit. SFO is pretty easy to commute to from almost anywhere and has had a lot of commutable trips recently. FAT and PSP are extremely difficult to commute to.
Every person is looking for something different in their 'best base' so it would be hard to say which one is the best without knowing what you want.
#2312
Looking for somewhere that's possibly commutable from the east coast, but cheap enough to live in should I bite the bullet and move. Also, a place that has decent trips to survive on 1st year pay. And then where it would be most likely to hold a line the quickest. Is there any base in particular where most of the transitions are going to come from when they run that class?
FAT is by far the most junior. LAX, SFO, PSP are all around the same seniority and are decently junior. PDX, SLC and SBP are senior. That's kind of how it always is. The seniority at those bases hasn't fluctuated much since I've been here (aside from opening SFO).
Best base to work out of depends on what you want. SFO, SLC and FAT have the highest credit trips. LAX and PSP have the best overnights with the bonus of not having to deal with as much SFO flow BS but they fly more legs per trip with generally lower credit. SFO is pretty easy to commute to from almost anywhere and has had a lot of commutable trips recently. FAT and PSP are extremely difficult to commute to.
Every person is looking for something different in their 'best base' so it would be hard to say which one is the best without knowing what you want.
Best base to work out of depends on what you want. SFO, SLC and FAT have the highest credit trips. LAX and PSP have the best overnights with the bonus of not having to deal with as much SFO flow BS but they fly more legs per trip with generally lower credit. SFO is pretty easy to commute to from almost anywhere and has had a lot of commutable trips recently. FAT and PSP are extremely difficult to commute to.
Every person is looking for something different in their 'best base' so it would be hard to say which one is the best without knowing what you want.
#2313
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Joined APC: Jul 2006
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Looking for somewhere that's possibly commutable from the east coast, but cheap enough to live in should I bite the bullet and move. Also, a place that has decent trips to survive on 1st year pay. And then where it would be most likely to hold a line the quickest. Is there any base in particular where most of the transitions are going to come from when they run that class?
#2315
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Joined APC: May 2009
Position: Another RJ FO
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Looking for somewhere that's possibly commutable from the east coast, but cheap enough to live in should I bite the bullet and move. Also, a place that has decent trips to survive on 1st year pay. And then where it would be most likely to hold a line the quickest. Is there any base in particular where most of the transitions are going to come from when they run that class?
FAT is where you'll hold a line the quickest. SFO and LAX aren't bad either. In SLC and PDX there are two year bro FOs on reserve. That could easily change once transitions start up but they've hardly transitioned anyone in the past year.
I would expect the junior domiciles like FAT, SFO and LAX to lose pilots the quickest once transitions start. Most people in those domiciles already have bids in to transition and are just playing the waiting game. Almost 90% of the people in SFO have their bid in. The senior domiciles have more people who want to stay on the brasilia in order to live in base.
FAT is a disaster of a commute though. I was two legging it from ORD for a long time and I would always get out to LAX or PHX with no problem at all then get bumped 4-5 times in a row going into FAT. There were times when I left my house at 8am on my day off and didn't get to FAT until 10pm or later. I've had to drive from LA or SFO more than once due to being bumped off the last flight of the night or having the last flight cancel.
#2317
Don't commute to FAT, unless you can drive it in a few hours. The town's a dump, but there's some nice areas close to the mountains within easy driving distance.
#2318
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Joined APC: Feb 2007
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What's the callout time on reserve? Any ready reserve?
#2320
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Would a new hire on the Bro have any chance of PDX or SLC? What's the difference in paycheck one might expect from reserve at either of those domiciles vs a line in FAT?
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