New Hire Commuting
11-01-2019, 03:27 PM
#11
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So 6 months to transfer and then another 6 until having a line? Or 3 years until a line?
11-01-2019, 03:47 PM
#12
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So 6 months to hold the base as an FO, another 6 months in MIA to hold a line as an FO. Then once you upgrade the junior Captain in MIA I believe is an early 2017 hire so 2.5-3 years to just hold the base as a CA. It is the most senior base in the company and a few senior guys snowbird in during the winter and bid back out in the summer. Frustrating.
11-01-2019, 09:11 PM
#13
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Yeah that’s what I looked into, of those options, I found only DFW has 777 flights with a lot more seats. Not sure if that factors in.
So if commuting is relatively equal, which would be my best bet in terms of holding a line. Looking around seems like DFW 175 but it’s all about 2 months old info.
So if commuting is relatively equal, which would be my best bet in terms of holding a line. Looking around seems like DFW 175 but it’s all about 2 months old info.
11-02-2019, 06:09 AM
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Yeah that’s what I looked into, of those options, I found only DFW has 777 flights with a lot more seats. Not sure if that factors in.
So if commuting is relatively equal, which would be my best bet in terms of holding a line. Looking around seems like DFW 175 but it’s all about 2 months old info.
So if commuting is relatively equal, which would be my best bet in terms of holding a line. Looking around seems like DFW 175 but it’s all about 2 months old info.
11-02-2019, 06:36 PM
#15
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Former Envoy here, and word of advice is absolutely don’t commute any longer than you have to especially if you live in a base. I did the commute out of Miami to LGA, DFW, & ORD when they shut down Miami while I was there, and nothing compares to living in base. Loads between hubs are extremely high and lots of non-revs. Bid the 145 any base and transfer home to Miami.
11-02-2019, 06:41 PM
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11-03-2019, 03:58 AM
#17
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To be honest, it’s not even close in my opinion. Living in base is like a different job. Commuting out of Miami to LGA is easier. Many from South Florida also commute out of FLL to LGA which offers many more options.
11-03-2019, 06:19 PM
#18
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Without a doubt. Don’t commute if you don’t have to. The only caveat to that is if you live “in base” but are really a 2-3 hour drive from the airport, it changes the calculus a bit. If you can sit RAP from your living room, reserve is not that bad.
11-04-2019, 04:37 PM
#19
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Again, stay away from DFW if you live and commute out of Miami. As a new FO sitting reserve without commuting IS like a different job. If you cannot hold Miami right away the easiest commute out of MIA, FLL and PBI is New York. Don’t let the shiny 777 out of MIA blind you.... ALL of these flights are sold out with 2,564,135,711 mainline listed for the jumpseat.
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