The transcons will more than likely get reduced as they move the PS 757's from JFK to EWR, they are supposed to be designated to SFO and LAX.

 

Tons and tons of redeyes and other crappy flying. I can hold LA and SFO and desire west coast base, but man that flying sux! Unless you're a vampire or above 30% in base.

Some guys like redeyes for commuting, but most every trip below 50% starts with a redeye and some have two. When they start with a redeye, they usually finish too late to commute home.

EWR has mostly AM starts so western U.S. Commuters have to usually go in day prior, but I usually commute home last night.

If you live on the west coast, esp drivable to SFO, no brainer.

But looking at bid packages as I have done since SFO base opened up makes me hesitant to leave EWR flying just yet.

 

Ya, that kinda blows. I am in the position where we are going to move to base, and I am a west coaster and the wife is willing to move to any base. I am leaning to SFO since I grew up there, and even though the state is in disarray and high taxes, then weather is nice! Ill just find some place to live with good schools within a 2-3 hour drive. Thanks for the replies gents!

 

The Washington domicile is known as DCA. It covers all three (DCA IAD BWI) airports.

 

Not a bad plan. I'd give up good flying in a heartbeat to live in base.

 

Yeah. That figures. I'll bet there will still be a lot of near-transcons like PHX, LAS, etc. There are also a fair number of SAN and SEA out there. In my admittedly limited experience, having been both IAH and EWR, the IAH trips were far worse for my tastes.

 

Can anyone from this class shed light on the average wait for training after indoc for the 737 and 320? Thanks.

 

In all seriousness, any answer is probably not useful information.

The wait can range from a couple days to multiple weeks but it is not something a new hire has any control over and will vary from class to class, fleet to fleet, seasonal training department tempo, class realitive juniority, the phase of the moon, and scheduling demands that can change hourly.

What happened to a class last month does not really afford any insight into what is gonna happen to a class next month....other than provide a "data point" that one cannot seriously rely upon. For example, training is traditionally seasonal with less in the summer and more in the spring/fall to provide additional manpower on the line during the peak season. As we move into the fall the training pipeline is gonna get turned up to 11.

That said, if you have a specific upcoming major "life event" (birth of a child, etc.) it would make sense to communicate that early and the scheduling folks will try to do what they can do to accommodate.

 

Thanks for the insight!!!

 

The majority of the class had anywhere from just the weekend, to 5 or 6 days off before before starting aircraft training. And that was getting a firm schedule during the 2nd week of Indoc. You may get some training info/schedule during your 1st week, but wait for Mon-Tues of week 2 before considering anything firm. It can change.

As the previous poster said, the scheduling folks have been very accommodating however, so communication is your best route if you have something big going on.