Originally Posted by
stang
Thanks all for the replies. I have been commuting to Alaska - so well aware of hard commutes. We are working on becoming PHX located atleast for part of the year but have a business and house w/horses thats not ideal to chase the regional world but it's just part of it. Nope, nothing is given in aviation it's why 20 yrs after graduating with all my ratings I am back at it because it was not good times back in the late 90's early 2000's. Still the best wages / advancement potential in my tenure being around aviation. Our town has been served by TSA for a number of years - UAL flights arent going to end and during ski season we pick up American flights also - plus have other airports.
I got my commuter information and seems Compass and TSA both have generous commuter policys that outpace Skywest's. Those 3 are where applications are in with interviews at 2 so far.
Skywest doesn't have a commuter policy... other than to be reasonable. The SKW policy worked better for me than the contractual policy at my other regional. Commuter policies are double-edged swords... unless you're commuting between two big cities, the policy criteria are often impractical to comply with. And if you miss a commute at a union airline and DIDN'T comply with policy, they're probably going to throw the book at you. Make sure you understand what YOU have to do in order to comply with the policy, and if that's even possible on your route.