Originally Posted by
John Carr
Fair enough man. But if we're to run with the "take a job at a company that's upgrading quickly/hiring street CA's and will be opening a DEN base" thing, TSA I guess? let's run with it;
Said individual goes there, said individual gets based in DEN, said individual thinks his life/QOL, and career progression) just worked out swimmingly.
Then, the usual UAX reshuffle/puppet master/block hour reallocation/ move the pieces/we say "jump!" and you say "HOW HIGH!" happens, that UAL IS NOTORIOUS FOR. And the DEN base shrinks, downsizes, whatever and said individual goes BACK to commuting, to a crappy company, for a crappy pay rate with Hulas the goat rimmer.
If that doesn't make sense, well, simply read my PREVIOUS post about domicile closures and chasing domiciles that CONTINUOUSLY open/close.
Very true about the UAX domiciles, but at least one could be based at home starting out while on reserve.
Anyway...obviously commuting sucks but it is inevitable at some point. At least the OP has mainline aircraft with good frequency. I commute on a 200 and often times it cannot take a jumpseater due to weight restrictions.