Junior 'new-hire' domiciles
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kellwolf
Piece of Trash
For jetBlue it's normally
BOS
JFK
MCO
FLL
LGB
Depends on the equipment, though. If you get the 320, probably be JFK or BOS. They kinda flip back and forth. 190 is likely gonna be BOS with MCO being the most senior 190 base. It's a total crap shoot out of training, though. A couple of guys got FLL out of training last year, and I heard one guy got LGB. That LGB will be dead last on reserve for 5-7 years, likely....
BOS
JFK
MCO
FLL
LGB
Depends on the equipment, though. If you get the 320, probably be JFK or BOS. They kinda flip back and forth. 190 is likely gonna be BOS with MCO being the most senior 190 base. It's a total crap shoot out of training, though. A couple of guys got FLL out of training last year, and I heard one guy got LGB. That LGB will be dead last on reserve for 5-7 years, likely....
etflies
Keeping calm, Chiving on.
The Bro bases are your best bet for staying West, jr bases tend to be FAT and PSP. Not too sure about the jet, a recent class had a few in SLC and DEN, I hear MSP and ORD are jr as well but maybe someone else can confirm that.
GypsyPilot
Mohawk Town
Yep, that and Modesto. Fresno is like Kauai compared to those two.
Being from the Valley, the only thing awesome about the area is easy freeway access to audi-5 out of there!
Cessnaflyer
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
HNL suckers!
Autothrust Blue
Welcome aboard the Washington State Ferries
This is actually true at ANY 121.
(That little box that says you're willing and able to relocate to any domicile in the BrandX Airlines System? They actually mean it.)
BobDDuck
Island Bus Driver
Yes and no. In general a "major" (legacy/national/whatnot) is going to have work rules that make commuting to a domicile, even far away, while on reserve, slightly better than doing it at a regional.
Assuming of course, you aren't going to actually relocate every time they shutdown or open a new base.
Autothrust Blue
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Also true. I guess it should really say "accept assignment [and by extension responsibility for getting yourself to or from there, as governed by the CPA or other applicable company policy] to any domicile in the BrandX Airlines System."
Southernjets never had much of a commuter policy up until recently.
The old mantra was if you wanted to work for Southernjets, you're going to move to Atlanta or eventually will when the outlying bases closed.
Basically, all we have is a 'call in honest' program where if you meet a bunch of stipulations, you can more or less get a same-day trip drop and try to pick the time back up somehow, but you don't get paid unless you do.
The old mantra was if you wanted to work for Southernjets, you're going to move to Atlanta or eventually will when the outlying bases closed.
Basically, all we have is a 'call in honest' program where if you meet a bunch of stipulations, you can more or less get a same-day trip drop and try to pick the time back up somehow, but you don't get paid unless you do.
HVYMETALDRVR
Well-Known Member
Some more info about CHQ and Shuttle:
Seniority # in class goes by age, so the older guys are getting what they want, the younger guys are going to LGA (junior). But considering all the movement most guys are getting the base they want in a few months or less, like me who is going to Ohio. Although I'm giving up a line at LGA just to sit on reserve for a couple more months. IND is the most senior base here at CHQ, its the company HQ which you think would be the opposite but since were a regional and our flying changes so much the least likely base to change so all the senior guys want the stability. Chicago its also a "more" senior base although its existence is up in the air since all of our flying there is for American, then like I said LGA is where most new hires are going and everything else, (CMH, CLE, and SDF) fall somewhere in the middle...
I don't know a heck of a lot about Shuttle, other than that new hires are getting spread about between IND, CMH, and LGA. ATL is very senior since a lot of our Delta flying has disappeared out of there.
I have a friend who is a recent new-hire at Air Wisconsin, he got LGA right off the bat. If you want to live on the West Coast SkyWest or Horizon are where you want to go...
But your young and looking to breaking into the airline world (like its been previously said) just go to the first place that pays a semi-decent/livable wage and live wherever until you get the experience and some seniority.
Good Luck.
Seniority # in class goes by age, so the older guys are getting what they want, the younger guys are going to LGA (junior). But considering all the movement most guys are getting the base they want in a few months or less, like me who is going to Ohio. Although I'm giving up a line at LGA just to sit on reserve for a couple more months. IND is the most senior base here at CHQ, its the company HQ which you think would be the opposite but since were a regional and our flying changes so much the least likely base to change so all the senior guys want the stability. Chicago its also a "more" senior base although its existence is up in the air since all of our flying there is for American, then like I said LGA is where most new hires are going and everything else, (CMH, CLE, and SDF) fall somewhere in the middle...
I don't know a heck of a lot about Shuttle, other than that new hires are getting spread about between IND, CMH, and LGA. ATL is very senior since a lot of our Delta flying has disappeared out of there.
I have a friend who is a recent new-hire at Air Wisconsin, he got LGA right off the bat. If you want to live on the West Coast SkyWest or Horizon are where you want to go...
But your young and looking to breaking into the airline world (like its been previously said) just go to the first place that pays a semi-decent/livable wage and live wherever until you get the experience and some seniority.
Good Luck.
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kellwolf
Piece of Trash
But at least you have a tier system for jumpseat priority. We've got the "call in honest" thing, but we come in behind everyone ELSE trying to get to work on Delta. Hence the reason I'd rather jumpseat on jetBlue than Delta.
saxman
Well-Known Member
GypsyPilot said:
I did hear of new hires getting SLC and other bases out of training, but I'm thinking more in general of where one would get off reserve quickest. I'm 45% in MSP. Next I'd be 60% in COS, and everywhere else I'd be greater than ~75%. Right now, MSP Is properly staffed, so they haven't been sending new hires there.
Just speaking from my perspective, so it's hard to say what the most junior base is now, or at least where to go to get a line quicker.
CRJDriver
Well-Known Member
For Xjet CRJ side you could probably get IAD rigHt out of training, if not within a few months.
