Originally Posted by
Mickey
New hire on the guppy and I’ve got about 8 months in my lease left in DFW, after which, I plan on moving to domicile, but I’m not set on which one that will be.
For my probationary year, I’d like to set myself up for the most success and make the commute as easy as possible. I’ve heard that flights from DFW-IAH are brutally senior and it’ll end up being a drive almost every time.
Outside of driving to IAH, are there any recommendations for which base makes life easiest to commute from DFW?
It’s a 3-4hr drive DFW to IAH. I would 100% do that on probation.
You’ll be on long call for all but 6 days a month while on reserve until you can hold a line. Hang out within short call distance when required.
I really don’t recommend commuting on probation when you’re within driving distance to a base. Seems like the half the CPOs remind half wingers fairly regularly that the commuter clause of the contract doesn’t apply to them since they’re on probation (SFO, ORD, EWR come to mind). I have a buddy who had 6 backup flights (7 total) was told to plan better and still got a missed trip his first winter.