Originally Posted by MrIceCreamMan

Since there's been little activity on this thread for the past month, I'm going to hijack it with a similar question to the original post (instead of creating a new thread):

If I plan to live near Denver and have to commute from Denver until I can hold it as my base, what would be the ideal place to commute to? It looks like ORD, IAH, and SFO are all nearly equal in commute times, while EWR is about an hour further away. The main challenge will be that Denver being our training hub, all the other pilots at other domiciles will have positive space going to Denver...which you will not. Commuting on probation will be the biggest hurdle for you.
Objective for you get to DEN as soon as possible, then 2nd would be to go to a domicile where you can get a line. The September forecast has ORD 737 FO as the most junior guaranteed line holder but the numbers are also very low for IAH both 737 and 320 as well as SFO both fleets and EWR 737.
ORD is served by more carriers than just UAL out of DEN (think jumpseat). Crashpads and hotels generally speaking will be more affordable in ORD versus SFO.
Id recommend staying away from EWR if you can, as right now the brilliant idea of moving EWR TRACON to Philadelphia has spawned numerous ground stops resulting in long delays and multiple cancellations and I suspect this will likely continue for the foreseeable future and really making commuting to the Brick City very problematic.



Also, how long is probation? Completion of 12 bid months and 165 days worked (basically a Year from DOH......provided you don't go on any mil leaves or Maternity/paternity leaves.) Don't worry if you are on reserve and they don't call you that's a day worked, same with any training.

Thanks!