Thank you, sir (or ma'am) Used to do a bunch of Part 91 corporate work into all of the airports on the Bro route map...heck, I still frequently go to CIC, ACV, RDD, SBP, MOD, SMX, SBA, CEC, MRY, FAT, and MFR just for lunch.

Although why any passenger would want to fly SFO-SMF or SFO-MOD is entirely beyond me. With our friends at the Thousands Standing Around association, driving is far quicker than hoofing it to SFO, parking, going through the wand dance, and then waiting 90 minutes for your 30-minute flight. Still, it must make sense for some, otherwise the flights wouldn't exist.

The easy flying weather out here definitely makes the turboprop much easier to get my head around. I have tremendous respect for the turboprop drivers operating in the Midwest and Southeast. How you guys navigate around mesoscale complexes while stuck at FL250 or lower is entirely beyond me. Not something I really want to do. BTDT in turbocharged piston aircraft in the high teens and low 20's...the worst altitudes to be at when the tops are at FL450 and climbing.

Of course, now the waters have been muddied slightly, as a current Bro FO at SFO tells me that the most junior CRJ FO at SFO was hired 12/30/13. That's only a few months of commuting. Of course, by the time I go to class, it'll all have changed...and I will indeed feel like an idiot if I take the jet and then wind up stuck in MSP for an indefinite time. So, I hear all of the advice very clearly. Thank you all for your considered input, and thank you for putting up with my beginner's questions.

All this bidding/seniority/domicile stuff is completely new to me. I assume that most guys, once they get a base they're happy with, stop worrying about it and just focus on the flying? Otherwise I could see how it'd drive one crazy.