Originally Posted by chrisreedrules

Neither are great options for you truthfully...

CLT is a big American and PSA/soon to be growing Piedmont base. WO regional pilots and of course mainline have a very large amount of pilots that commute to/from CLT and you will go behind them on the priority list. In an age of oversold flights and cheaper economy fairs not having priority for the jumpseat will become a drag real quick if you chose to live in CLT and commute to a RAH base.

On the other hand if you decided to go with PSA for the CLT base, you should do so knowing that it is the most senior base at PSA. You may not be able to hold CLT right out of training (I’m not 100% positive about this). It will likely take you a year+ to hold a line as an FO. And just about the time you’re enjoying the quality of life being a senior FO living in base affords you, you’ll be senior-manned into an upgrade to CA. Likely around the 2 year mark. Then you’ll be forced out of CLT and forced to commute to ORF, DAY, or wherever else you choose to sit reserve. And it likely won’t be until your 4th or maybe 5th year at PSA that you’ll have a line in CLT. CLT grew by about 10 lines for September 2018 but as I understand it the overall plan is for PSA to somewhat shrink their footprint in CLT beginning mid-2019 while Piedmont grows their 145 operation there. That isn’t 100% confirmed but that’s the latest plan as I heard it.

I’m not telling you one option is better than the other because honestly neither are good if you ask me. If CLT and PSA were your goals being hired in 2014/2015 would have been the sweet spot. If RAH is your choice commuting in and out of CLT won’t be very fun despite the frequency of flights.