Originally Posted by
Bhounddog
Do airlines have an incentive to TRY and place pilots in a base located in their home town with no commute? Or do airlines not care if pilots commute?
From a logic standpoint placing pilots in a base in their home town seems like a win-win for numerous reasons: Pilots more likely to show up on time, pilots are less fatigued, airlines more likely to retain pilots b/c of higher job satisfaction, etc.
In other words: If I live in DEN, and get a job at Skywest as FO, would Skywest have an incentive to place me in DEN? Or, would Skywest not care that I live in DEN and determine where I'm placed based solely on Skywest's needs?
*I'm not the original poster. Just curious for my own path.
They don't have any direct incentive of where you live/are based. The indirect incentive would be like you mentioned there would be less missed commutes if you can drive to work.
Either way they don't really care. If you don't make it to work for missing a commute or fatigue they will just use a reserve. Reserves are budgeted into their costs.