Originally Posted by
FlyinCat
I'm not commuting now, but I would be at a major at least for the forseeable future. My family is not mobile.
Sorry, I misread your comment about commuting. If you hate the job now, ask yourself exactly what you hate. Short legs? Sometimes gruff colleagues? Crappy overnights? As a junior at a major, you may well experience those same things on top of enduring a commute for an undetermined number of years. What's your personal limit before it affects your general QOL and well being? What will be worse is if you get put on reserve at the major you go to *AND* you have to commute. That usually means commuting to a crashpad to be within on-call distance and potentially not flying at all.