Originally Posted by
njd1
Just curious -- I presently live in NJ but like most sane people I want to get out ASAP.
Say I come to PSA and get my local base (PHL) initially. I move to CLT once I can hold at least SCR as an FO there (less than a year it appears).
But then, say after 6-12 months in CLT I am force upgraded, which requires me to commute to reserve. All other things being equal, would it be easier to commute from CLT or another outlying base like PHL? I guess what I'm asking is whether I am more likely to get commuter-friendly flights out of CLT vs a smaller base like PHL and therefore whether it makes more sense to move to CLT sooner rather than later.
Generally speaking, without a detailed comparison of schedules and such, commuting to any of our bases out of CLT would be marginally easier compared to PHL, only because there's more PSA metal flying out of CLT to various outstations, and you would have priority over any offline jumpseater on PSA metal.
Now, if you wanted to move somewhere else that was an easy drive to DCA, PHL, ORF, or heaven forbid, DAY/CVG, then life becomes even easier. As you can see on the last Base Update posted by MaCrOs, holding CLT as a CA could be a while.