Originally Posted by
N4865G
Thanks, all great points. I will research all those areas further.
One more question, would commuting from San Jose up north be reasonable for the first few months (Family there we could stay with)?
If you're on long call, it's theoretically doable. The challenge is the fact that you have to cover three airports (LAX, SNA, ONT) and the frequency of flights especially to ONT is not great. If you're prepared to drive the 6 hours it will take to get from SJC to SNA for example, as a backup option, you could do it.
On short call? Absolutely positively not...