Originally Posted by crewdawg

I love how people just assume it's all rainbows and unicorns outside of the aviation industry.

Mustang, living in BUF...I would try to find a regional that has LGA as a junior base. I haven't looked at the loads but it looks like there is at least 7 direct flights a day to LGA. I assume you're looking at the regionals as a way to make you app look better for the Legacy carriers...have you applied at Jetblue? Are you flying in the reserves? I would avoid a double commute at all costs and would reccomend living near your Guard base. You'll make more as a part time pilot in the Guard than your first year pay at a regional. So it's a massive pay cut from AD but still manageable for a while. With any luck you won't be at the regionals for very long. Goodluck!