Originally Posted by
ccheviron
I was just hired as an FA on the sCO side and start training in May. On day one of training, we have to turn in a sheet listing our preferences for bases. Anyone care to share their thoughts with me to help make a decision? I have to rank (1-8) ORD, SFO, DEN, IAH, EWR, CLE, LAX, and IAD.
Also factor in cost of living, ease of commuting (if commuting) and quality of flying.
There are even some CO new hires flying the West Coast to Hawaii routes. Last couple trips to Hawaii, it was interesting to see how excited they were about places like Maui and Kona (things not previously on the CO map). Of course after the integration, the same SFO-based CO 20-somethings will be lucky to work SFO-SAN.
Originally Posted by
FlyingNone
At the airport sCO agents call themselves Airport Sales Agents, while sUA agents are Customer Service Representatives. Without getting into semantics, we don't "sell" anything at the airport except for the occasional walk up ticketing. Customer service is customer service, why confuse people with Sales Agent or "selling"......that would be the job of Sales Reps who solicit travel agents or corporate accounts, etc. or Reservation Agents on the telephone.
What's interesting is that CO really frowned upon airport ticketing, and UA never had much of a problem with it. I find it funny they'd call their airport agents sales agents. LOL