Hey AAStew,
DCA-I is a bit of a no-brainer but JFK is pretty shocking given the last proffer there. It went pretty senior for a formerly junior base.
I wonder why so many would leave domestic only to have to serve Reserve?
Maybe the flying is better on the 3 months you are off RSV?
LGA has a better bidsheet than SLT but there is a better cost-of-living here and 1 airport.
I've chosen to stay in SLT until my recall to MIA happens (which at this point, appears to be NEVER).
I like the base (but not the flying). I could have transferred to LGA, BOS, or ORD...I stayed here.
I've flown some of ORD's trips and they ARE UGLY. SLT seems to be a backup RSV pool for ORD.
The BOS bidsheet has deteriorated so much, I wanted to cry. It really used to be a "Princess" base. I couldn't believe what I was looking at.
I am certainly not going to transfer there to fly the same crappy trips on AVBL for TWICE the cost of living.
For now (until TWA comes back), I hold a line and live cheaply. When TW comes back, I go to AVBL which is what I would probably hold at any other base (except LGA...3 airports, expensive crashpads and inter-airport transportation, etc. NOT worth it, BTW).
I also regularly fly 95-100 hours per month and don't pay to pick up due to the heavy commuter element at this base (It really is about supply and demand). All I have to do is fly #1 and turns. Another no-brainer...2 legs a day with 11:15 between trips or these horrible 4 legs monsters with an FAA minimum 8 hour layover, block-to-block.
If I get recalled to MIA, I am going home and will figure out how to supplement my income otherwise. I will be on DOM AVBL forever.
Take care and fly safe!
Coop
SLT
AAStew said:
flydcoop said:
The semi-senior people are flipping out. 15 years doesn't mean crap in DFW or ORD. For once the Junior people truly do not give a ####. We've been dictated to for so long.
Well 15 years doesn't mean crap at JFK either, or DCA-I for that matter, but you know we still get alot of crap!
Take care coop....
me
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