Originally Posted by flyguy81

I live in DEN. Hired at SWA and got the UAL interview just before SWA class started. Never went to the UAL interview mostly because there's no widebodies in DEN. They're opening a 757 base in the fall but it pays the same as the 737/320. So if you are on RSV in DEN and on the widebody you better be long call or else you're in a crashpad away from home.

I got a friend who was hired at UAL a couple months after I was and he's still commuting to the west coast 1.5 yrs later with no end in sight. I've been DEN based for over a year and a line holder for nearly that. I'll take driving to work with a great QOL over commuting for a few extra $/hr.

Now if you lived near LAX, SFO, IAH, ORD, IAD, or EWR it's completely different. Had I lived near those bases I'd probably have gone to the interview and if successful I'd be at UAL now. The earning potential and flexibility with all the different fleets would be hard to pass up.