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Originally Posted by KelvinHelmholtz
(Post 3660750)
I’d come to WN over JB for LAX. Different case if you live in the northeast. JB LAX is mostly red eye flying and you’ll get more days off with better schedule flexibility once you have a line here. Plus LAX has good Hawaii trips here
Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan
(Post 3660755)
Good question. No idea. The ones I still talk to say they sit on reserve and never get used. Doesn't sound half bad! 😉
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Originally Posted by flyguy81
(Post 3660744)
Wobder what your friends there think of mgt now? Mine say the way the company is run has gone down hill in the last 5-7 years. Still the same product in back, but like everywhere….they’re trying to do too much with not enough puzzle pieces. My friends don’t want the merger to happen and would prefer to grow organically, but mgt is all in so you get what you get.
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What’s upgrade times looking like at SouthWest nowadays ?
QUOTE=DrSmacFum;3660846]Im a JB guy, but currently southwest is probably better for LAX. If the spirit/jetblue "merger" becomes a thing, I could see LAX being vastly improved for JetBlue. Hawaii flying is in the plans as well. Yup, I fly maybe 3-5 days a month on reserve[/QUOTE] |
Originally Posted by Lebleu
(Post 3665236)
What’s upgrade times looking like at SouthWest nowadays ?
QUOTE=DrSmacFum;3660846]Im a JB guy, but currently southwest is probably better for LAX. If the spirit/jetblue "merger" becomes a thing, I could see LAX being vastly improved for JetBlue. Hawaii flying is in the plans as well. Yup, I fly maybe 3-5 days a month on reserve I upgraded at 7.5 years—it’s coming down since then. |
Originally Posted by at6d
(Post 3665583)
I upgraded at 7.5 years—it’s coming down since then. |
Seems for instance jetBlue’s upgrade is down to few months now. I heard a new hire “May 2023” just awarded captain.
Is SW still a viable option especially moving into an economic downturn?
Originally Posted by RJSAviator76
(Post 3665694)
Upgrades are down to 6.5 year mark.
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Originally Posted by Lebleu
(Post 3665895)
Seems for instance jetBlue’s upgrade is down to few months now. I heard a new hire “May 2023” just awarded captain.
Is SW still a viable option especially moving into an economic downturn? There is nothing magical about being a junior caption should an economic downturn occur. Hell there is nothing magical about being a junior captain even in the best of times without certain caveats being made. |
Originally Posted by Cyio
(Post 3666075)
It’s one thing to be “able” to upgrade, but it’s another thing all together if you “should” upgrade.
There is nothing magical about being a junior caption should an economic downturn occur. Hell there is nothing magical about being a junior captain even in the best of times without certain caveats being made. |
Originally Posted by at6d
(Post 3666252)
Being a junior captain in the base you live in does have some value!
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Originally Posted by Cyio
(Post 3667083)
Agreed, living in base being one of the caveats. Often though, taking a junior CA award means a commute for most people.
Whether or not you choose to upgrade out of your base and commute is your choice…likely you can hold your base within a few months. I would have bypassed had I commuted or couldn’t hold my base for QOL reasons. Rsv at home isn’t bad. |
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