Originally Posted by
Proximity
There are many pilots driving from Wisconsin to MDW. You can even sit reserve at home if you don't live too far north. Traffic can be a PITA in the late afternoon, I-294 and I-55 get busy. MKE is also a good place to non-rev on SWA, as we have many flights out of that airport, however, we do not serve MKE/MDW. You will for the most part be driving to MDW as already mentioned trips originate out domiciles and there will be no trips that start with a MDW-MKE deadhead.
Wonder if Proximity or anyone else can expand on this a bit. My "perfect" scenario would be to live in the MKE area and drive to work. As I understand it, if called to work while on reserve you need to report w/in 2 hours. That is probably do-able from a southern MKE suburb if it isn't rush hour in Chicago (so from roughly 1am to 4am
) but could definitely be an issue during peak traffic times.
Is there any "leniency" on the 2-hour report time if traffic (or the like) causes a late report?
I presume that worst case, this would be a temporary problem until becoming a hard line holder but please correct me if my thinking is off.
Thanks!