SWA or UAL?
03-29-2022 | 11:16 AM
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Hey guys just like to follow up. Retired Air Force here and Fort Worth, TX resident. Going to be interviewing with Southwest and United in the near future. Widebody flying does interest me. How difficult and/or common would that commute be from DFW to Houston (and would things like global reserve change the calculus from the normal ‘commuting sucks’ decision)? I like the DFW area a lot more than Houston so I think I’d like to stay, but who knows how I’d feel in 10 years. I think I might be interested in playing the lazy legacy reserve game but admit totally ignorance on how any of this actually works. Thanks.
03-29-2022 | 12:16 PM
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Hey guys just like to follow up. Retired Air Force here and Fort Worth, TX resident. Going to be interviewing with Southwest and United in the near future. Widebody flying does interest me. How difficult and/or common would that commute be from DFW to Houston (and would things like global reserve change the calculus from the normal ‘commuting sucks’ decision)? I like the DFW area a lot more than Houston so I think I’d like to stay, but who knows how I’d feel in 10 years. I think I might be interested in playing the lazy legacy reserve game but admit totally ignorance on how any of this actually works. Thanks.
With United, commuting to reserve would still suck, since you have to be on station for short calls and field standbys, but there is near hourly service between DFW and IAH with AA and UAL flights, so you wouldn’t have to spend long calls there.
03-29-2022 | 12:40 PM
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I know it doesn’t answer your question, but if I lived in DFW, I’d certainly be focusing on AA. Living in domicile generally trumps the differences between the carriers.
With United, commuting to reserve would still suck, since you have to be on station for short calls and field standbys, but there is near hourly service between DFW and IAH with AA and UAL flights, so you wouldn’t have to spend long calls there.
With United, commuting to reserve would still suck, since you have to be on station for short calls and field standbys, but there is near hourly service between DFW and IAH with AA and UAL flights, so you wouldn’t have to spend long calls there.
03-30-2022 | 07:47 AM
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I know it doesn’t answer your question, but if I lived in DFW, I’d certainly be focusing on AA. Living in domicile generally trumps the differences between the carriers.
With United, commuting to reserve would still suck, since you have to be on station for short calls and field standbys, but there is near hourly service between DFW and IAH with AA and UAL flights, so you wouldn’t have to spend long calls there.
With United, commuting to reserve would still suck, since you have to be on station for short calls and field standbys, but there is near hourly service between DFW and IAH with AA and UAL flights, so you wouldn’t have to spend long calls there.
But AA is a bit of a mess right now. Management has chosen to go to war with it's employees. Crew desk violates the contract regularly. They are having a big problem attracting people to even come to interviews let alone show up for class. Their contract and pay is not good.
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