Clearedforils

You could possibly do BOS-PHL/EWR then drive(~90 mins) to ABE. Pretty junior base.
Again, as others have said..commuting should be a short-term plan to ultimately move to an Allegiant Base, there are plenty to choose from.

NewbiePilot11

Does anybody have any details on the “expansion” plans for BNA? I’m assuming it would allow new hires to be able to hold BNA a little quicker.

Vtailbo

As someone in training currently and trying to get BNA since I live just east… it was explained to me that no expansion will be there until the new terminal is done. Reference the MNAA and BNA website for the timeline. When it’s done I was told they want 7-8 planes there, and adding one plane roughly every 6 months if we were able to staff it. Take it for what it’s worth.

If the announcement of LAS and MCO by UAL, as well as the details of NK AIP coming out Friday… if that doesn’t light a fire under MG’s tail to get a contract done soon, there won’t be any expansion anywhere. Out of the 8 people in my class, a few have apps out elsewhere still, and a few are retired military guys with a pension that want to fly and be home every night. Even my old regional came out with a pay raise that is double first year pay here, and is willing to give me my seniority number back if I return to property in the next 12 months… it has me contemplating my decision because my QOL there wasn’t bad. I’ll stick it out here to at least finish IOE and consolidate, but if we don’t have pay by then I might regress back to the high paying regionals until a higher paying, better opportunity presents itself, and that shouldn’t take long with todays hiring.

JediCheese

Totally understand the want to pass training and consolidate before looking around. Did it myself because I wanted to have a nice squeaky clean record and focus on one thing at a time.

But don't go back to the regionals. Hit a meet and greet and get on at a legacy or a major of your choice. I couldn't get anyone to talk to me while at my previous regional, got the A320 type and a few hours in it and then hit a meet and greet. I then got interviews everywhere. Sure it's an extra two or three months until you do the full apply/interview/wait for class date over having a regional throw you in their next class, but IMO it's worth it.

chedrick

I’m sure it’s buried in here somewhere but I’m not finding it….obviously things change but how long would it typically take to hold CVG? How about IND? What’s the upgrade time like at CVG? Thanks

Squeakygreaser

You should consider Hawaiian.

I haven't seen a CVG upgrade offered, at all, in years.

chedrick

Good to know… I’ll dig into Hawaiian some and see what the situation there is. Didn’t come to mind as a CVG base. Thanks

Squeakygreaser

Yeah, they got an amazon contract and they pay better than any of the other amazon contractors.

Looks like the bottom FO in CVG is a February hire, there is one waiting.

Looks like the bottom Captain is a 2015 hire.

IFartInYourSeat

And to add, it could be 20 years before that February hire can bud to be a CVG CA.

KC135

That's probably not to far off, maybe a little too optimistic. There are only 14 captains in IND and about double that in CVG. The average age of the 1,130 list is around 42. With no plans for additional planes in those bases you'd have to wait for retirements, medical outs, terminations or attrition.