Originally Posted by
OttoA10
Another question on sitting reserve:
I will be in the 7 Jan class and since my background is all military, am trying to get smarter on the Delta system. My reserve unit is about a 4.5 hour drive from ATL. Am I correct in thinking that if my domicile was ATL, I would be able to sit long reserve at home (co-located with my reserve unit)?
Thanks for the help.
You could easily sit long call from your home.....short call, on the other hand, wouldn't be possible. You would have to get a crashpad or hotel for up to 8 days a month. Trust me, this would suck.
If I were you, I would move to ATL, and commute to your military reserve unit, instead of the other way around. I mean, which job is going to be your bread and butter for the next 25 years? Your QOL would be 100 times better than the way you are set up now. Trust me, in the long run it will be well worth the move, and you will thank me.
Sitting long and short call from your living room, in your underwear, and watching the NFL on your big screen TV is so much more satisfying than the Super 8 motel on the south side of Hartsfield, or a nasty crashpad in College Park or East Point with 10 of your best pilot friends. You'd be getting paid to hang around your house with your family. Even if you end up being a line holder in a short period of time, the task of simply driving to the airport in a reasonable amount of time (less than an hour) is made easy by living in the ATL area, instead of 4.5 hours away.
Good luck to you.