If possible, apply to an airline where you have yalls parents, future grandparents, that live close to base. If this isn’t possible, move to base that you could see building your family in and do research on future childcare/nannying in the area as a key point in base research.. and that the grandparents can get too easily nonreving.
once there bid your seat/ seat based on scheduling flexibility that comes with the fastest seniority movement to make it work. Don’t chase the biggest plane/highest pay rate/ca upgrade if your priority is family life.
I realize this isn’t super helpful but it’s how we have chosen a place to live/ what I bid. Wife is a nurse so she’s always in town but has very long hours so in some ways has some similarities. Sorry I can’t be more helpful
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jetstreamdriver
Good points, I will try to narrow it down.
My spouse is also a pilot and we both want children so schedule flexibility is important to us. In this regard Spirit is high on our list because of straight trip drop availability as a lineholder and am curious if anything similar is available at united. Of course senority is everything typically but we just dont have a guage on many other places and trying to do our research.
So yes, i guess you could say “thinking” about applying but just trying to do my homework.