Originally Posted by chrisreedrules

I have only been bumped once. It was from a jumpseat on mainline metal by a mainline pilot. And depending on where you are commuting from/to, there is usually more than one flight every six hours. Between where I live and the hub I work out of, there is a flight roughly every 2 hours. I'm easily able to commute in day of and come home the day my trip ends most of the time. There are a lot of benefits to working for a WO if you're a commuter. And I still have the ability to get home on either Delta or United or Southwest or whomever just like everyone else.