Originally Posted by turboflyin

Welcome to ORD.

Most of the guys in my class were from the west coast, and those who got ORD are already heading to LAX ans SFO after 2 months of reserve in Chicago. The flying is mostly 200 for junior lineholders but I spent the past month and a half doing only 700 trips (I'm still on reserve). You'll do a lot of 4-5 leg short hops on the 200.

I can't speak for the commutability from the West Coast, but guys in my crash pad are mostly west coast, and from speaking to them it doesn't sound horrible, just long.