Originally Posted by
321pilot
saab2000, would you mind expanding on your comments about the ORF commute? We are seriously considering moving to the ORF area after I leave the Navy, and while I plan to apply to Air Wisconsin, I'll hopefully be working for a larger carrier sooner than later. Any experience commuting to ATL, CLT, or NYC?
As others have said - many RJ flights, many, many, many commuters from many airlines. Lots of former military pilots who work for major carriers live here and the flights are often full.
IMHO, it's an underserved market but airlines prefer full RJs over half-full mainline airplanes, so what do I know?
Just believe me, commuting is stressful and commuting in and out of ORF is even more so.
But if you work here in ORF it's pretty decent. Schedules are usually, at best, commutable on one side and almost never both. You can usually get commutable on one side but when you're junior even that won't happen.
I live here now but that could change.