Originally Posted by
CATIII
well then I guess myself and the other 140+ commuters, including 60 captains, 3 of whom fly Inter-Island, better find another job?
No, not at all, but since you are senior to me, please consider it.
Most pilots who commute to HAL either:
-used to be based in SEA/SFO/LAX with HAL and had a reasonable expectation to believe those bases would remain open.
Or
-were hired between '08-'12 when HAL was pretty much the only airline in the country hiring and a commute was worth getting out of the regionals.
Originally Posted by
CATIII
While not an easy commute for a junior II pilot, if you really want to work here, it's a sacrifice some can easily make for 2 years.
Equipment and seat-locks aside, obviously commuting to Hawaiian is possible. My point is - with most majors hiring, why would you want to indefinitely commute 5+ hours to an airline with only a single base in a place you don't want to be?