Originally Posted by
Noisecanceller
Commuted 7 years at a regional bc I have a family member that has commuted 35+ years and thinks it’s “no big deal”. Wrong!
I moved to a spirit base and it changed my life. While there are other places that are not bases that I’d rather live the ROI on earnings and overall QOL would be negative. I bid rsv often along with lines.
This is how in person jobs work. You move to where the job is. The beauty of this job is you actually get more than several choices for the same job at the same company.
At a normal job if your position no longer exists at your home you can either move or leave the company. This “ability” to commute is a complete farce and a curse for pilots.
There are very few things that would cost the company much money when it comes to helping commuters out so I’m not against them. It’s just that aside from being home based and paid commutes there isn’t very much that will dramatically change life for commuters. It’s like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Commuters are always chasing something that doesn’t exist. The commute is all they think about. Meanwhile they’re always grumpy and always tired.
I'm almost the opposite, lived in base several years for my regional, been commuting to Blue for a long time. I've lived both, and understand the difference. Still, many of us (I think around 50% of JB) chose to live where we want and commute. You are free to have your opinions, as we all are. Still, commuting is a reality of this industry, and we need this JCBA to work for all of us... And many are one base-closure away from being commuters again, because not everyone is gonna uproot the whole family every time this industry shifts again. Spirit has more than one base hanging in the balance, hopefully it doesn't come to that, but yet it is true. You live in one of Spirit's CORE safe bases? Good for you, and I'm glad. Don't assume everyone will or should make your life choices.
While I have my tired moments, I am FAR from unhappy. Quite the contrary to be honest, have most of life by-the-balls these days. Even still, I think you could guess the one thing I would change without ruining a bunch of other things, if I could.