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MQAAord · 10-17-2005, 08:48 PM

Yeah, that's tough. Commuting can be SUCH a pain.

I was ORD with Eagle my entire time there (Nov 95 - Mar 01). When I went to AA I was ORD initially, but I was 9 days behind all the TWA people, and I got furloughed right away after 9/11. I was in that group that got recalled for 6 months then furloughed again. I got displaced to LGA for my recalled 6 months, and spent those 6 months commuting IND-LGA. It was a horrible commute. I was almost glad to get kicked to the street again.

Why didn't you go to ORD? Even closer to DTW than STL. No transfers available? I remember waiting on that transfer list in 2002 while I was in LGA. There were a few transfers going to ORD the first couple months I was there, but I ended up marooned as the transfer door slammed shut.

With only 5 years recall rights, and 3 of those years gone (my 3rd furlough anniversary was the 15th of this month) I think I can pretty much kiss my career at AMR bye-bye. All the TWA people are in front of me, and while some of them are so old they'll probably be using walkers to get from the airplanes to ops I just don't see the company getting through all the numbers ahead of me within 2 years. It can't happen, there's just too many.

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MQAAord Jetgirls Ol' School Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: A Happy Place Posts: 668 Recipes: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Another New Member Yeah, that's tough. Commuting can be SUCH a pain. I was ORD with Eagle my entire time there (Nov 95 - Mar 01). When I went to AA I was ORD initially, but I was 9 days behind all the TWA people, and I got furloughed right away after 9/11. I was in that group that got recalled for 6 months then furloughed again. I got displaced to LGA for my recalled 6 months, and spent those 6 months commuting IND-LGA. It was a horrible commute. I was almost glad to get kicked to the street again. Why didn't you go to ORD? Even closer to DTW than STL. No transfers available? I remember waiting on that transfer list in 2002 while I was in LGA. There were a few transfers going to ORD the first couple months I was there, but I ended up marooned as the transfer door slammed shut. With only 5 years recall rights, and 3 of those years gone (my 3rd furlough anniversary was the 15th of this month) I think I can pretty much kiss my career at AMR bye-bye. All the TWA people are in front of me, and while some of them are so old they'll probably be using walkers to get from the airplanes to ops I just don't see the company getting through all the numbers ahead of me within 2 years. It can't happen, there's just too many.