Originally Posted by
Monkman615
Do any pilots commute to anyones knowledge or is the schedule to busy to allow. I live right outside of Nashville and am looking to apply. One major question I had would I need to move to whatever base I'm assigned or is there a good way to get back and forth. I see they are a CASS participant and have a jumpseat agreement with Southwest... just didn't know if it was feasible or not. My hours would put me to either be an F/O of the 120 or SA227 according to a recruiter. They somewhat told me what to expect schedule wise but I would rather hear from a line officer if all possible to get what is actually happening out there.
Originally Posted by
KSCessnaDriver
Unless things have changed since I left less than 2 years ago, commuting isn't even a remote possibility.
Commuting is POSSIBLE depending on the run but it is highly discouraged. If you have a run that is Monday evening through Friday morning (like the BE99 out of Pampa TX) it is feasible. I actually commuted from Austin to Dallas my first year with AMF. But that was back before the flights were practically full on every flight and you almost never got bumped.
Company policy is if you do commute, you are to be at your assigned duty station a minimum of 4 hours prior to your show time. Now there is normally no one there to check that you make that time. But consequences can be severe if you aren't there AT your show time. And there is no allowance for "I had 3 flights available but I kept getting bumped" or "Weather caused my flight to get cancelled."