Originally Posted by LarryDavid

It does suck that your base closed, no doubt about that. When that happened you had 2 choices. Move or commute. Obviously you chose to commute for your family which is indeed a noble cause. That being said with that choice you have to live with the perils that come with commuting.

It is people like you that give pilots a bad name, you know the ones that call in sick whenever they don't feel like going to work/think they deserve holidays off when they can not hold it. Quick question what is your seniority level in your base? Generally speaking the more junior you are the more you have to work....