Jet Blue JFK Living

[LearLove]

Head to PA north of ABE or north of the Lehigh Valley if not somewhere in the Lehigh Valley itself. Although the LV housing is going up. Above Blue Mountain, the southern part of the Poconos you will find good $$$ on homes/land and schools. This is the area I will have to buy in if things ever settle out for me. I've always been targeting CAL for EWR, JB for JFK all the while hoping US Air works for PHL, the area I mentioned above works for all three for a 1.5 to 2 hour commute.

From the LV area you'll have routes 80, 78, 22, 278 which get you to the EWR area which gets you to either the bridges or tunnels to get to JFK. Traffic??? All depends on what time you leave. I spent several years flying traffic in the PHL and NJ/NY areas.

If you want to stay in NJ then south of route 195 will get you lower $$$ homes but not by that much unless you clear out some pine barren land and build. North of 195, Morristown, Basking ridge, Princeton, Brunswick would be ideal but forget about it in terms of price unless your wife is an AT&T or J&J exec. The same thing for bucks county PA. Not a house under 1/2 a mil to be found. This is where I grew up and will never be able to afford to live here.

The area KC10 talks about is great too but I think PA taxes are better than NJ although I could be wrong.

Good Luck, if you have specific questions about towns or anything let me know.

 

[Dogwood]

What is the reserve callout time at B6? How long would a new hire be on reserve in JFK on the AB? How commutable are the junior hard lines for JFK FO on the AB?

Currently 3-4 months on RSV in JFK. Longer at FLL and even longer in LGB. Life improves dramatically when you get off RSV. It goes fast, and wasn't that bad, to be honest with you. Depends on your frame of mind.

2 hr callout

JFK crashpads about $250/mo. Transportation very easy to figure out after a day or two.

 

[psysicx]

How expensive is NH? That seems like it could be an easy commute.

 

[erj-145mech]

How expensive is NH? That seems like it could be an easy commute.

What's the QOL in NH?

 

[Capn Mike]

You can ask General Lee about Yonkers. He has all the info on that location. I think he grew up there and may even have a sister that is a landlord there.

 

[bluejuice787]

Fellas-

My suggestion is to do a Google/Yahoo search for real estate in the area you are considering. Use the MLS system if the realtor provides it and put in the parameters you are looking for. Things to remember: State taxes for NY are out of control relative to the rest of the country (property taxes). NH, specifically Portsmouth, is a common local for pilots as there are no state income taxes and housing prices are still reasonable for the N.E. Vermont is a good choice to commute to JFK and I believe frequency has just increased and the price of housing is reasonable. Although I do not currently do this, I have found that commuting from a place that has much frequency and a short flight is more desirable as you do not battle traffic, you are taken directly to you gate (commute online), and do not deal with employee trains/busses etc.

Juice

 

[nimtz]

Yuck, two hour drive! With what we are paying for gas right now I hope you guys aren't doing day trips when driving into JFK.

 

[Flyingdutchman]

High $400K would be a bargain and probably bordering on an area you might not want to live in.
Good luck !

Wow! you guys are kidding me right? that stinks! so your better off commuting? sh*t..

Regards,
FD

 

[Flyingdutchman]

High $400K would be a bargain and probably bordering on an area you might not want to live in.
Good luck !

Wow! you guys are kidding me right? that stinks! so your better off commuting? sh*t..

Regards,
FD

 

[Flyingdutchman]

Wow! you guys are kidding me right? that stinks! so your better off commuting? sh*t..

Regards,
FD

(By the way: Liverpool suck! try Man. United or AJAX !)

 

[Flyingdutchman]

triple post..

 

[NuGuy]

Well Sh!t. I guess I'll commute then. Is it even realistic to get LGB or FLL as a base within the first couple of years? With the 190's on the way is there any speculation of other possible bases in the US? I really don't want to commute to JFK if I can avoid it.

Don't plan on FLL. 250-300k doesn't get you anywhere in FLL. PBI is worse, and you don't want to live in most of Dade.

There are 2 bedroom/1 bath concrete block homes dating from the 1950s in my neighborhood going for $265k a year ago (about 1200 sq ft and no garage), and property has been going up %15-20 lately. Don't even think about being on the water. Dumps only fit for demolition on a backwater of the New River go for north of $1 million.

Property tax will kill you anywhere in Broward County, but this is partially offset by no income tax. Figure around $5500 a year for a $250K house, if such a thing even exists.

Car insurance is murderous. Figure $120/mo per car if you have a clean record. Windstorm/flood insurance for any home is extremely expensive and in many cases unobtainable....and anywhere east of I-95 is a flood zone.

Good luck with your search, though...

Nu

 

[Pilotbob3]

wow, makes me see that Akron, OH aint so bad! LOL...got a 4 bd/ 3bath , pool, big deck on a lake last summer for 179,000...taxes 2,100 yr! just under an acre. oh yea i forgot..it snows here.

 

[Russ]

How long does it take to make it to LGB? I live within the two hour call out so reserve isn't that un-appealing.

 

[Green]

kind of sad when the vast majority of pilots can no longer afford to live where they are based. If this thread isn't a good argument for increasing the 190 pay I don't know what is...