USN88
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Oh wow, I didn't know that.
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Seggy
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First, I think Colorado is overrated.
Secondly, bases grow and shrink ALL the time.
Thirdly, if you base your airline choice where you want to hang your hat on one or two things, you are doing yourself a disservice.
SlumTodd_Millionaire
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Colorado is great. Denver is just too damned expensive.
USN88
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Haha, that's like me saying NYC is overrated. And like I said earlier most guys I fly with that want one of the big 3 usually do so because: 1. Faster upgrade 2. Wide bodies 3. A specific base. How is that any different?
USN88
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Coming from SoCal... it's pretty affordable. The burbs even more so!
ZapBrannigan
If it ain’t a Boeing, I’m not going. No choice.
Someone told me in Vegas it's over $1000 per year. 
USN88
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Are they trying to get that included in the next contract Zap?Someone told me in Vegas it's over $1000 per year.
ZapBrannigan
If it ain’t a Boeing, I’m not going. No choice.
Not that I've heard.
SlumTodd_Millionaire
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Someone told me in Vegas it's over $1000 per year.
It absolutely amazes me that guys don't burn the place down over stuff like this. Not that it's an enormous amount of money when you're making $200k, but it's insulting.
SlumTodd_Millionaire
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Coming from SoCal... it's pretty affordable. The burbs even more so!
I'm from Atlanta and @Seggy lives in Tex-ass, so we've got about the same cost of living. Take the house I bought for $280k and drop it into Denver and you'll pay anywhere between $650k and $1 million, depending on which part of town. So I'd say it's pretty pricey. And unlike So-Cal, they can't justify it by saying you live by the beach.
USN88
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Haha, that's true. It seems like it's getting pricer and pricer each year unfortunately. SoCal is nice but I'd only be able to afford a closet if I bought something let alone a house with a yard.I'm from Atlanta and @Seggy lives in Tex-ass, so we've got about the same cost of living. Take the house I bought for $280k and drop it into Denver and you'll pay anywhere between $650k and $1 million, depending on which part of town. So I'd say it's pretty pricey. And unlike So-Cal, they can't justify it by saying you live by the beach.
I've commuted err'where.
The only place that's a pain in the butt to commute to is Florida to anywhere because of the heavy amount of people commuting in and out.
However, like the Wookiee said, bases come, go, expand and contract. If I had a dollar for every CVG, DFW, MEM, BOS, PDX (the list goes on and on) that were quick to give the "suck it up and move to base, son) speeches that are now commuting, I'd be a millionaire.
The only place that's a pain in the butt to commute to is Florida to anywhere because of the heavy amount of people commuting in and out.
However, like the Wookiee said, bases come, go, expand and contract. If I had a dollar for every CVG, DFW, MEM, BOS, PDX (the list goes on and on) that were quick to give the "suck it up and move to base, son) speeches that are now commuting, I'd be a millionaire.
lostplanetairman
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I jumped at the chance to commute to SJU once just because I could not stand one more stinkin minute in the right seat. It paid off and I have been based at home since 2008, loving the good life.
Hells yes.
A lot less "Well, I don't think that's going to work, I've plead my case and when you inevitably fall on your face in failure, I can pick up the pieces and save the operation" isn't there?
Screaming_Emu
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I seriously do that easily at my regional....every...single...month.
Screaming_Emu
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If that happens I will straight up riot Ferguson style.