Originally Posted by
Sos21
I live on the Illinois side of St. Louis, I'm 45 min drive to STL, Republic is on my short list of Airlines that I want to apply for. I'm about 4.5 hour drive from ORD and MCI and about 3.5 from KIND.
I'm not even sure if those are junior bases or not, just not sure whats worth flying and what might just be easier to drive in.
For reserve, you need to be able to be inside security, comfortably within two hours (or whatever the call-out is). That includes whatever parking shuttle you have to take, and rush hour traffic.
If you can bid reserve that only touches one rush hour, as opposed to both morning and evening, then it's practical to drive part of the way and go to a gym, movie, whatever until rush hour is over and then go home again.
As a line holder, I would drive three hours rather than commute by air. Maybe four hours if it's an easy drive (no traffic). Some of that depends on the nature of the commute by air.