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05-07-2018, 04:31 PM
#11
Get me outta here...
Joined APC: Oct 2008
Position: Boeing right seat
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05-07-2018, 04:41 PM
#13
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2013
Posts: 2,159
I am curious though....Any stats on how many of our pilots live within an hours drive of SFO? That place seems so darn expensive, how could anyone live there, or afford that kind of lifestyle. Heck, I wouldn't even want to raise a family near that place even though my seniority on any airplane would be amazing. I guess folks just commute??
05-07-2018, 04:46 PM
#14
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2010
Position: 737 capt
Posts: 335
05-07-2018, 04:48 PM
#15
Squawking 2000
Joined APC: Jul 2015
Position: Skeptical
Posts: 737
I am curious though....Any stats on how many of our pilots live within an hours drive of SFO? That place seems so darn expensive, how could anyone live there, or afford that kind of lifestyle. Heck, I wouldn't even want to raise a family near that place even though my seniority on any airplane would be amazing. I guess folks just commute??
Two hours? Quite a few.
Three hours? You get the picture.
On the 73 I fly I’d say most guys are “local”, as defined by being able to sit short call at home, but just barely.
Lots of commuters from the SEA and DEN areas, some from IAH. Probably a lot more willing to commute for widebody flying.
05-07-2018, 05:42 PM
#16
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Joined APC: Mar 2006
Position: guppy CA
Posts: 5,171
Unfortunately, the first step in more will be the LAX 777 displacement/closing. I think they get their desired result from the vacancy bid though, since now every LAX 777 FO can hold LAX 787 FO. All the 777 Captains could already hold it, so anybody that wants to stay in LAX and just go to the 787 can just change over with a fabulous fun filled 12 day training class.
On the bright side, there are enough unfilled vacancies to 'fund' approximately 4 newhire classes; I'm hoping that they'll announce 2 additional classes which start before the end of July.
05-07-2018, 05:50 PM
#17
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Joined APC: Feb 2014
Position: Head pillow fluffer, Assistant bed maker
Posts: 1,342
I live an hour from Sfo in a great community with lots of families. I can easily sit short call from home and plan on bidding WB in the next year or so and tell the crew desk not to bother me unless I need to go to tk for landings every 3 months.
05-07-2018, 06:52 PM
#18
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2012
Posts: 456
As a Sac guy, wondering which community you live in. Not many more reasonable and closer that I can think of other than the Travis Metroplex.
05-07-2018, 07:22 PM
#19
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Joined APC: Mar 2018
Posts: 1,358
Even if you can hold a line upgrade isn’t always that great of a deal. Most 777/787 trips are commutable both ends and productive. A junior line holding 737/320 captain will have to fly more days, plus most likely give up days commuting the day before or after a trip. In my seniority I’d end up flying or commuting 5-6 extra days a month to upgrade for about $40K a year more. This gig is a package deal for me. I value days off pretty high. Some people are not wired for long haul flying. It’s nice to have a choice.
05-07-2018, 07:26 PM
#20
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2015
Position: 777 CA
Posts: 1,049
To each their own. Some people can live never sleeping for 8 hrs straight and that life is great. I am not one of those people.
To each their own, but personally I’m never going back to flying more than 2 time zones away ever again. I enjoyed it in my 30’s and early 40’s but time caught up to me.
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