Originally Posted by
DeltaCat
That's awesome. I'm jealous.
Clearly though you guys are the 1% exception out there for most airline/reservists. Not everyone has the luxury to move and change units year one with a new company. "It can be done" year one is about surviving and transitioning to thriving. My unit requires an average of 6 days per month, add 18 days of airline reserves and a commute or double commute and that = no days at home.
For all the pooliesworking on game plans all delta wants is the orders up front before the schedule comes out so they can schedule around your mil duties. Get through training and your 100 hour consolidation and then do what you need to do to feed the family, stay married, and keep your two part time jobs. I do 6 mil a month and get scheduled about 10 days or ~50hours around that. Add double commuting (yes, by choice) and that puts me home about 10 days a month. YMMV
Yeah living in both bases is the only way to go. Honesty it's not luck it's been my plan since college. Live in the NE where EVERY airline has a base (I can drive to all 3 NYC, PHL and all 3 DC) and there are a plethora of reserve guard jobs (I can drive to about 10 bases) I didn't know what airline I would end up at when I joined the reserves in NJ but I knew it didn't matter Bc I could pick any of them. I am gone 5 nights from my bed in May, flying a 78 hour line and doing 6 days at the USAFR. I don't think many young guys think about this when making their base/living location choices but my husband now is so thankful I brought us to this area Bc although it's expensive, we are home a lot and never have to leave...and like I said above. All the mil is on off days to maximize pay!! 👍 And we are both planning to stay in to/past 20 in the reserves. I was furloughed twice before I was 26 years old. I will never let go of the reserves bc airline life is "too good". I'll just do both 😉