Originally Posted by
neverposts
"not everyone can just uproot their lives"
I never understood this. Wifey poo is gonna move or wifey poo can find someone else to pay her bills. And don't give me the i don't want to uproot my kids from school. Public school is a joke. Also do you have a flying job in this market? That is a GODSEND Do whatever it takes.
Not practical in most cases. I'm guessing you don't have a wife/kids.
Often enough, wife likes being in a town with friends/family and often a job of her own, especially whn hubby is gone half of the month. In my case the wife's job is a good one, and while it's portable within the local community, it's not as portable to other towns (lots of relationship building involved). Uprooting is not practical for everyone, although it should be easier when you're younger.
That said, I do recommend that pilots try to avoid marriage (or at least kids) until they are at a career-destination major, and make sure their bride likes (or better yet already lives in) at least on of your major hub cities. Not always possible for everyone, but if you can hold off you'll have the flexibility to move when you need to aggressively move up the ladder, and then the family life will benefit from living in base and not commuting.