Originally Posted by
tennisguru
1. There is nothing that says you can't commute from another country. We've got a number of pilots who do that.
2. Probably pretty close. You may be able to drop/swap down the fewer days worked if you're also willing to take the commensurate pay hit. 10-12 days/month flying at Delta may still pay a lot more than Westjet.
3. The only thing I can think of is a lot of times you cannot ride in the cockpit jumpseat on other airlines internationally. Definitely something you're going to want to look into as far as the policies on WJ and Alaska.
4. Only you can make that call. Are you tied to Calgary for the long term? Plans to eventually move? Maybe even stay in Canada but be close to a Delta base where driving is a possibility like Vancouver to SEA or near YYZ to DTW?
1. Good to know. Thank you.
2. I didn't know dropping it swapping down was a thing. That sounds pretty interesting to me and I think that could be a good happy medium.
3. I'll look into that further
4. Well be in Calgary for the foreseeable future. Eventually we would like to buy a winter home somewhere in Arizona and commute from there during the cold months.
Thank you for your response. I really appreciate any help I can get.