Delta vs American (newbie)
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That's a 'fact' lacking any real data (AA retiring 2x in the next decade). The outdated APC retirement data has DL having approx. 5300 retirements in the next decade and AA having 7400(newer AA data is 7100). Rough math. Even that data's poor (outdated) but it's not 2x the retirement rate at AA. I'd do the actual leg work on what the real data is if I were analyzing one over the other.
But does the actual difference matter? Some of the "which airline to I go to" using overall retirement data is a bit pointless if you want to live in a specific area or base. If you're going to live near a Big 3 airline's base, that doesn't have nearby alternatives (basically NYC, Chicago, or LAX), the home town airline is your #1, #2, and #3 choice.
But does the actual difference matter? Some of the "which airline to I go to" using overall retirement data is a bit pointless if you want to live in a specific area or base. If you're going to live near a Big 3 airline's base, that doesn't have nearby alternatives (basically NYC, Chicago, or LAX), the home town airline is your #1, #2, and #3 choice.
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With a widebody schedule you can essentially do a week on/off with 6 and 7 day trips. Have a buddy that commutes from Asia and comes over for two weeks at a time as well.
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BTW, reserve rules at DL are so good, reserve sometimes goes senior. I bid reserve by choice as a middle third Captain, and average less than 10 days of work per month, and mid-90's hours of pay per month - though the trend is downward on pay hours... The most I've worked in the last 2 years has been 13 days, and that only once. Before that, even when I was a (fairly senior to senior) FO, I was still only working 10-11 days a month. Work smarter, not harder.
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are you a serial killer? lol oddly specific where you like to layover in small Midwest towns. At Delta bid the 717 if you want the burghs and ville’s. Pretty much every fleet lays over in ATL, you can avoid it though. 350 doesn’t go to JFK. You can layover wherever you want at any airline as long as you have seniority
Come on, guys. You know damn well Delta pilots are a bunch of joyless robots. Humor of any kind is not tolerated.
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That's a 'fact' lacking any real data (AA retiring 2x in the next decade). The outdated APC retirement data has DL having approx. 5300 retirements in the next decade and AA having 7400(newer AA data is 7100). Rough math. Even that data's poor (outdated) but it's not 2x the retirement rate at AA. I'd do the actual leg work on what the real data is if I were analyzing one over the other.
But does the actual difference matter? Some of the "which airline to I go to" using overall retirement data is a bit pointless if you want to live in a specific area or base. If you're going to live near a Big 3 airline's base, that doesn't have nearby alternatives (basically NYC, Chicago, or LAX), the home town airline is your #1, #2, and #3 choice.
But does the actual difference matter? Some of the "which airline to I go to" using overall retirement data is a bit pointless if you want to live in a specific area or base. If you're going to live near a Big 3 airline's base, that doesn't have nearby alternatives (basically NYC, Chicago, or LAX), the home town airline is your #1, #2, and #3 choice.
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It's 100% a thing at Delta...with barely a tiny bit of seniority you can do 7 on 7 off or 14 off 17 on on reserve. And with more seniority you can do it with a line by bidding for 30 hour layovers.
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