ASA Base Preferences

[Ted Striker]

Just remember though, the property taxes are brutal in TX. Sure there is no state income tax, but they are making it up on the other end. Our house appraised at 140K for taxes and they are hitting us for a little over $3500 this year. Dallas is hot as all hell, it's not real pedestrian/bicycle friendly (in the metroplex). On the flipside, the operation is 10X better here. The Atlanta operation is retarded, totally frustrating. I would say the cost of living is a little better out here in DF/W and newbies tend to move up the list a little quicker. Good luck!

 

[777_Jackpot]

Thanks for all of the insight. It sounds like it all comes down to personal preference with regards to which base is better. Not that I will have much of a choice in matter anyways, but I just wanted to see what everyone else thought. Appreciate it.

777JP

 

[sleepy]

There are nice parts of Texas (the hill country for example), I just didn't like the metroplex (it's like living in a 25 square mile paved parking lot). As for the operations, I don't really see DFW as being much better than ATL. I fly through both on a regular basis, and the ATL operation has gotten much better. From an ATC standpoint, the DFW airport is one of the worst designed in the world. The controlers are idiots who can't seem to make up their minds which runway they want you to land on (ATL controlers are the best in the world by far).

 

[Ailerongirl]

3) No ATL rampers in DFW.

C'mon guys...noone can disagree with this one!

At the end of the day it is a personal preference. I lived in DFW for almost 5 years and loved it. It was further away from my family in TN, but for me it was a better quality of life. I realise that with the expansion of the base that things have changed, but I loved the fact that DFW felt more like 'family', with crew rooms that were combined, instead of the pilot/FA segregagtion that ATL had. I also felt that as a base DFW had a better rapport with all the ops folks than ATL did, but then again maybe that's because I knew I could call ops when I was running late and they'd cut me some slack

To each their own, but as a new hire, wherever you go, go with an open mind......it'll make life much easier