Originally Posted by
Elvis90
Just kidding. Hiring couldn't start soon enough for me. I've moved up 600 numbers since 2010, but have been displaced twice.
The captain I'm flying stated that commuting is a choice...I informed him about pilots with families who are stuck with homes that may be under water with respect to their mortgage...he then qualified his statement. I suppose I could have moved three times in three years, moving my wife, four children and 20,000 lbs of household goods each time.
"To each his own" and "mind your own business" comes to mind. Just think of all the money the company has saved having pilots willfully "move" to
fund staffing of aircraft at particular bases without requiring the company to pay for it. Closing MEM and moving the flying to NYC comes to mind. In that way, a commuter clause comes off as a very cheap exchange.