Originally Posted by HippieAir

New to the forum and just accepted an FO offer at Republic! I live in Richmond, VA close to the airport. Looks like my two best options for bases are DCA or LGA. It looks like there are about 4 Republic flights between RIC and LGA daily, and around 4-8 total depending on the day. LGA also seems to have the potential for RIC overnights where DCA might not? Sounds like a nice way to break up a trip.

That said, DCA is a 2-ish hour drive. Conventional wisdom seems to be "always drive to work if you can." I'm skeptical thought that the DCA drive would be measurably better than the LGA commute for QOL. Would LGA yield RIC overnights regularly and/or more frequently than DCA enough to offset the potential sting of commuting? After holding a line how badly would that commute suck? That drive up 95 to DCA is not for the faint of heart, and with traffic (there is always traffic) it's regularly over the 2 hour short call reserve time limit anyway. Obviously commuting to reserve sucks but I think reserve will suck pretty bad either way. Aside from sitting reserve, which sound like it will be reasonably short lived, which sounds to be my best option? TIA!