Originally Posted by
RJSAviator76
I’d pack up and move to a domicile. Plenty of nice places to live in Dallas or Atlanta areas that are within an easy driving distance. Commuting gets old - FAST. Not to mention you’re leaving a lot of money on the table by commuting.
An FYI… Southwest is opening a BNA base. Your seniority progression won’t be as good as it will be at AA, and neither will the upgrade time. The question is what’s driving to work worth to you?
I am totally in favor of what you're saying. I have tried to study the industry concepts pretty hard the better half of a decade, so I feel like a chump for being "that guy" who asks about commuting. I do have a CJO from WN but I don't think I'm going that direction for various reasons.
Just a unique thing to my situation that we're going to journey through BNA. To make it complicated - I don't want to move back to DFW again long term. I might need to stop being a crybaby, swallow the seniority thing, drive to Atlanta as my backup, and the spouse is in favor of SLC down the road.
I guess the critical info is: a) Understanding the commuting options/bandaids at each, b) furlough buffer probabilities, and c) would I be reasonably able to upgrade in under 5 years or is this crazy short upgrade time an anomaly that will rapidly evaporate.