Originally Posted by
word302
I do, which is why I said I'd like to see something in writing. The problem is there are a huge group of pilots who live in places that would require coming in a day early if they need to have 2 flight options. I also understand their perspective as a commuter. My time at home is gold. Like I said before, what happened to you sucks, but it is also far from a normal scenario. You had 2 major things not working in your favor, MH being in the CS department as this went down, and your chief telling you to drive and you decided not to. I completely understand your decisions, but the system we have works pretty damn well for the majority of our pilots.
That is true, and I can see why the guys living in BFE Arkansas commuting to ORD want to keep things the way they are.
As far as the driving issue, that is true BUT the reason I didn’t decide to drive after he instructed me to do so was because I took the train to work. That train ride was 45 mins to my residence where my truck was. Then there was about a 2 hour 45 minutes drive to the airport. If I would have left the second after hanging up with the CP I still would have been late for the CDO. Like I said before I could have rented a car and hauled up there, but money was an issue for me at the time like most new hire FO’s. At that point the decision was made and the rest is history.