Originally Posted by
penaltybox
Commuting sucks. It's not worth it to go fly for one of the other regionals. Living in base will be the best thing you can do for your quality of life.
I made it through first year commuting but it wasn't easy (It was awful). Moving to CLT was the best move I ever made. Love it here. Either way, first year pay sucks, but it wasn't any worse than flight instructing, but it was a kick in the nuts from my 135 job before here...so there is that. Nonetheless, you can make it work. Plenty of guys do. If there had been a regional with a base where I lived I may have considered it.