Originally Posted by
fortyeight
Republic guy here who recently upgraded and will never see Chicago again. Sick of sacrificing way too much of my personal time commuting to LGA where it’s actually starting to affect things outside of work.
Obviously ORD is a big 170 base, but my goal ultimately is to move west. What’s your furtherst 170 base? Honestly, how do you like your company? I get it, it’s a regional they all have their pros and cons. But OO blows YX away in terms of base options and it’s not even close. I’m now convinced living in base is the highest QOL factor above everything else.
You would make a lateral move so that in 4 yrs from now, minimum, you could be a plug captain on the west coast? You could get the west coast out of training at several majors and be much better off. Get the PIC at republic and bounce.
Yes it sucks not living where you want (I've been away from home for 5 yrs hunting this mammoth) but doing the leg work upfront is vital.