Originally Posted by samimifs

Hello,

I’ve got an interview coming up with spirit in a couple of weeks and am super grateful for this opportunity. Currently a FO at a regional living in Seattle, WA and expect to have my upgrade class coming up in a couple months or so. I wanted to reach out to some of the folks here and ask how tough would the commute be and where could I expect to be based out of training as a new hire junior FO? I heard long call is 13 hours so I believe that would be enough time for me to make it out to Detroit or FLL or what not. Has anyone made this commute being a new hire? Also, debating whether it would be smart for me to pass up on the upgrade currently and start over again at spirit. Any advice would be appreciated. To sum it up: junior bases? Commuting? How long on reserve initially? Worth the risk of skipping left seat? I thank you all in advance for your responses.