Originally Posted by
321pilot
Thanks Scoop. Andrews does have the C-130 unit, VR-53. I've actually visited them twice already. Committing to moving to a high cost of living location before I have a job makes me nervous, but I keep going back to this as the best long term option for the family. Easiest airline commute / basing if I live there, and easiest commute from GSP if we end up moving there.
My heart wants to go fly the T-6 on the weekends, but my head tells me it wouldn't be worth the commuting trouble.
Thanks sailing. Getting dropped off at the airport for a GSP commute or driving to ATL or CLT should provide plenty of options.
FWIW... Deciding where to live depends a lot on what your intentions are with the military. If it's just a stopgap/backup income that you need for a year or two, stop reading. If you want to continue your mil career to a retirement or have some other desire to hang with it for an extended period of time, then I highly recommend living within easy driving distance of your mil job. If you don't, it will become increasingly hard to stick with it over the coming years, especially when you get to the point where you are losing money to do your mil duty. Much easier to stick with it if you are sleeping at home on the non-deployed nights you are doing mil stuff. Whatever you do, don't move to a location that requires a commute to both airline and mil. Thats a sure-fire plan for ending up in divorce court or the hospital, or both.