Current Envoy Facts
05-19-2018, 05:53 AM
#51
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That's all great and stuff, but
- How long till you flow to AA? How long to Spirit/JetBlue?
- How long to upgrade to NB CA at AA/Spirit/JetBlue?
- How long to hold the base you want at all of the above?
- How likely are you to keep the job if economy tanks? What if the oil price doubles?
- How are the QoL items? STD/LTD? 401k contributions? How many years you have left till 65?
It doesn't automatically boil to $/hr and there is no one size fits all answer
- How long till you flow to AA? How long to Spirit/JetBlue?
- How long to upgrade to NB CA at AA/Spirit/JetBlue?
- How long to hold the base you want at all of the above?
- How likely are you to keep the job if economy tanks? What if the oil price doubles?
- How are the QoL items? STD/LTD? 401k contributions? How many years you have left till 65?
It doesn't automatically boil to $/hr and there is no one size fits all answer
05-19-2018, 05:56 AM
#52
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You bet. If you've never been in the 121 game and never have commuted, you simply don't realized how awful commuting is. It really can make the job miserable and can make life stressful. You're number 1 priority when picking base/equipment is to pick whatever gets you driving to work ASAP. There's no plane in existence that is worth a commute if it pays exactly the same. Good luck!
05-19-2018, 07:02 AM
#53
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The point of my post was to squash the misconception that the new JB AIP and Spirit TA will have higher hourly rates. Would it be foolish for some people to wait around and flow to AA when they could possibly go to JB? Absolutely. I don't need to rehash all the reasons that someone should jump on a JB opportunity as opposed to waiting to flow, you laid all of that out. I was simply pointing out a fact.
Along the line of "yes, 140 is better than 120, if you can start getting either tomorrow. Five years at 70 to get to 140 vs 120 tomorrow is a net loss of 150 over ten years"
05-20-2018, 12:02 AM
#54
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You bet. If you've never been in the 121 game and never have commuted, you simply don't realized how awful commuting is. It really can make the job miserable and can make life stressful. You're number 1 priority when picking base/equipment is to pick whatever gets you driving to work ASAP. There's no plane in existence that is worth a commute if it pays exactly the same. Good luck!
05-20-2018, 02:37 AM
#55
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If you can drive to work and plan on upgrading into the 145, it makes the most sense to be a 145 FO... you’ll be setup for success better.
05-20-2018, 03:23 AM
#56
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175 will be in Miami eventually. Republic is on their way out. We are taking back more and more of their flying every month that goes by.
05-21-2018, 08:52 AM
#58
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I would take the three months in LGA and accumulate some flight time. Unless you live in ORD you may as well take the positive space passes and unlimited commuter hotels. You’ll be deep down on the reserve list in ORD and will barely fly.
05-21-2018, 09:25 AM
#60
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I live in ORD, so reserve is ok.
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