Originally Posted by
Flight2012
I would love to live at base, but it's not in the cards right away....my wife and I have accepted commuter hell for the first year or so until we get at feel for the best long term plan. I live about 45 min from ILM and OAJ and 2.5 hours from RDU. If given a choice of ATL, IAD, or DTW, what would be the better of 3 evils to minimize the pain?
It is a tough spot. But given where you live...i would probably rule out dtw.
Something i have tried to keep in mind while working in this industry. As mentioned above...there is always going to be a chance that your domicle gets closed, we park airplanes, we buy airplanes, we acquire airplanes, economy goes down, economy goes up, mainline gives us another contract, mainline takes away a contract, ther is a terrorist attack, we furlough, we hire, they chane he age 65 rule, they change the ATP rule, etc....etc...etc....
YOU CAN NOT CONTROL EVERYTHING. Just make the best decision you can at that given moment and go with it. Make it work best for you and your wife. If you change bases or whatever.....deal with it then. The world isnt going to end. Life is too short to worry about "what if's".
But do what your doing and make the best informed decision and go from there.....