Originally Posted by
CA1900
Here's one: This is not really a commuter-friendly airline in terms of time at home. Most of our monthly lines consist of "AM" or "PM" trips. The AM trips start early enough that you'll have to come in the night before. And the PMs usually finish late enough that you'll have to stay the night before you can get home. We have very few trips that are commutable on both ends.
Because of that, quality of life is massively better if you can live in a domicile. I moved to one after less than six months. I still had more time at home as a Southwest commuter than I did at my fractional job, but once I moved to base, it got even better.
The positive of this, though, is that for a guy like me that hates early mornings, I never have to do them. It's fantastic.
Great post. I agree for the most part. I commute, and the difference here between commuting and living in base is night and day. I will say that there are a lot of commutable trips and even whole lines these days in the bigger bases. I bid a 100 percent commutable line this month.
Also agree that AMs are the devil. Yeah, we don't have red eyes, but there are plenty of times I have set an alarm for 3am or earlier. I think that's worse than any red eye.