Originally Posted by
Archie Bunker
TBone,
Maybe some Delta ER guy can comment.
If I would have lived in ATL, I would have been sitting on my butt at home, instead of some skanky crashpad, or budget motel. This is infinitely better than commuting to reserve. Can you see the difference? Getting paid to hang out at home, and maybe called to fly, or spending 18 days away from home in a petri dish lab experiment of a crashpad waiting for a phone call.
Bottom line.....live in domicile, and your QOL increases tenfold.
No doubt about this post. I have tried the commuting life for a while and I am done! I managed to keep my family, but many don't. As for now, I am packing it up and moving to base. Picture the ability to go fishing, work in your home office or work shop or chill at home - all while being paid and sit on reserve. That is what making the best out of it is all about. I consider myself lucky for being able to make this move and look forward to sit on reserve at home. If you have ANY chance of living in base, do it! See if you can find one post on this board, or any other boards, that suggest commuting is a good thing and base your decissions on that. Lots of experience on this board from people that is willing to guide you in the right direction and help you out, take the advice.