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04-02-2023, 09:19 AM

#101

sofarup

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Originally Posted by GunsUp77

Thanks all, I will definitely stick with SFO if its available then and go up from there. I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to learn the 737 with WN, would also love to see how the Airbus flies. I did the coastal trips out of SFO with SkyWest prior to my whopping 30 hours of time with WN and wouldn't mind a short stint of that flying again.

As a data point, one of my classmates commutes across the country to SFO, and absolutely hates it. That's a no BS commute. Coast to coast is about as bad as it gets commuting.

04-02-2023, 09:24 AM

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GunsUp77

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Originally Posted by sofarup

As a data point, one of my classmates commutes across the country to SFO, and absolutely hates it. That's a no BS commute. Coast to coast is about as bad as it gets commuting.

Yeah that kind of thing is definitely not sustainable in my book. I was playing with the idea of grabbing a crashpad out in EWR if it were only for a month or two and it meant starting in the airplane I want to avoid another TK trip down the road.
That being said, the more I think about it the dumber and more terrible it sounds. Nothing beats home base.

04-02-2023, 09:26 AM

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sofarup

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Originally Posted by GunsUp77

Yeah. WB sounds cool until you are on your 4th unused short call commuting for 6 hours wondering where in life you went wrong. Stay local if you can. Can always change planes later. Can't get that commute time back.

04-02-2023, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by sofarup

one of my classmates commutes across the country to SFO, and absolutely hates it.

One of my neighbors commuted IAH-SFO for a while and spent most of his off time on red-eye jumpseats and trying to come up with new and creative multi-leg backup options to get to/from work.

No thanks.

04-06-2023, 09:05 AM

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COKS

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Another SWA guy here, passed my one year point last month and contemplating the next 35 years of my career. Live in the DEN area and don’t mind SWA, I’m a qol person that values my home time so enjoying the 2 & 3 day trips and the flexibility of our system but not sure if 35 years here is worth all of that. I know the info I’m looking for is floating around on this forum but curious about what UAs trips and flexibility are like in DEN. I think it would be stupid to at least not look into UAL at my point