I commute out of ILM. Have been for several years. It's doable, but there have been some trying days! Best if you are on your own metal. The two carriers are AA and Delta. Delta has one mainline flight and the rest are RJs. The actual number of flights varies, depending on day of the week. Not sure about AA.

Delta flies to Atlanta, and one flight a day to LGA, but that one ends this fall. AA flies to CLT, LGA, PHL and DCA. As a backup, MYR, FAY, OAJ, and RDU are all within 2 hours drive. Forget people telling you about driving to CLT. That is over 3:30 away by road.

There are a bunch of active and retired employees here. FAs have it worse, due to the fact that there is no cabin JS on the RJs. It can be frustrating sometimes, you just need to be willing to roll with the punches.

Let me know if you have any other questions, and welcome to the commute!