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04-03-2014, 11:31 AM
#1562
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2014
Position: A320 Left
Posts: 715
04-03-2014, 02:37 PM
#1563
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Joined APC: Dec 2013
Position: Waiting for the other shoe to drop...
Posts: 220
04-03-2014, 02:55 PM
#1564
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Joined APC: Apr 2008
Position: 757/767
Posts: 588
I commuted from DTW-MSP very briefly before the merger and have gone back and forth semi-regularly since then so take it for what it's worth. There are a ton of flights and a fair number of A320s on the route so there are a lot of jump seated. There are also a lot of jump seaters. Anecdotally, the flights during the day are very full and the flights in the evening are more open unless there are reroutes. There are a lot of connecting cities with quick turns so the occasional two leg commute is somewhat helpful.
04-03-2014, 06:01 PM
#1565
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Joined APC: Oct 2013
Position: 7ERA
Posts: 956
NYC based pilots are responsible for covering LGA, JFK and EWR. While it may not always have them every month, the 88 could certainly have EWR trips.
04-03-2014, 08:03 PM
#1567
veut gagner à la loterie
Joined APC: Apr 2008
Position: Light Chop
Posts: 23,286
if you are not familiar with commuting to NYC know this, in thunderstorm and snow season that place can shut down fast. during a short 2.5 month time on the ER in JFK I had two flights outright cancel because a commuter didn't make it in and there was nobody to cover the trip. I struggled to get a JS or on a flight from ATL-JFK in the afternoons so I always ended up coming in the mornings to LGA and taking the bus over to JFK and luckily never lost a commute due to TSRA season. Never had a snow season.
Maybe different nowadays, that was, gulp... 6 years ago. time is flying.
Maybe different nowadays, that was, gulp... 6 years ago. time is flying.
04-04-2014, 04:11 AM
#1568
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Joined APC: Dec 2013
Position: Waiting for the other shoe to drop...
Posts: 220
if you are not familiar with commuting to NYC know this, in thunderstorm and snow season that place can shut down fast. during a short 2.5 month time on the ER in JFK I had two flights outright cancel because a commuter didn't make it in and there was nobody to cover the trip. I struggled to get a JS or on a flight from ATL-JFK in the afternoons so I always ended up coming in the mornings to LGA and taking the bus over to JFK and luckily never lost a commute due to TSRA season. Never had a snow season.
Maybe different nowadays, that was, gulp... 6 years ago. time is flying.
Maybe different nowadays, that was, gulp... 6 years ago. time is flying.
04-04-2014, 04:18 AM
#1569
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Joined APC: May 2013
Position: The Parlor
Posts: 1,252
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