Originally Posted by
doubles
Commuting from the middle of the country and was asking about lines where it starts late enough that you can show up on the first day and ends early enough to go home on the last day. I know it’s kind of a moving target.
Alternatively, places where u aren’t working all 18 days because of the way lines are constructed would be interesting too.
Just curious. NBD.
You are going to be on reserve for a while anyways. So commuting will depend on what reserve period you are assigned, so I wouldn't worry about what base today has the next trip mix for commuting. It looks like all bases are in play for a newhire, pre displacement, with LAS and FLL being the junior bases on this last monthly bid thats in process right now. As far as working 18 days, you will, because you will be on reserve.
Once you get done with training, you can review the base pairings each month with their bid pack, and make a decision on what base has the better commuting pairings, but I am willing to bet your focus will be on which base you can hold a line in first.
In the end, you are going to be bottom of the list guy, so maximizing days off and commutable pairings are not anywhere close to your next steps. Learning the contract and reserve rules will be the important thing after training, because you will want to know what they can and cant do with you on reserve.