Originally Posted by
e6bpilot
I fly for SWA, commute from OKC to HOU and haven't bought a hotel in months. YMMV but there are plenty of commutable trip opportunities from OKC at Southwest. They won't fall into your lap, but even as a junior FO you can spend very few extra nights from home commuting if you don't mind flying PM trips and play your cards right.
If you look at bases with good frequency and a late flight home (HOU, sometimes DAL and DEN) it can actually be quite easy.
That's good info! Would you mind posting typical show and release times for a PM trip?
Another thought is Delta typically has 4 day trips for narrowbody fleets. I've never seen a trip uncommutable on both ends, and a lot are commutable on both ends, but you'll usually be gone for 4 days at a time, 4 times per month. Whereas Southwest I believe generally flies 3 day trips and 4 of them per month? So even though Delta is generally more commutable, you might still be home more flying for Southwest, especially if you can get home same day.