Originally Posted by
FSUpilot
I am currently working for a small 135 company and am waiting till the regionals start hiring again. I live in Albuquerque and am wondering what choices I have other than Skywest or Eagle. I'd love to fly for Skywest, but I'd like to keep all options open.
Does anyone commute to the east coast for a regional? I am sure someone does but, I was wondering about the drawbacks and costs of doing so. I am sure I would have to find a crashpad, and I would be commuting on my days off. Anything else? What regionals are commuter friendly?
I am just trying to figure out the best route for the future. Thanks.
Actually you will commute since almost all of the regionals are Midwest or Eastern based. Even Skywest, you will go to ORD unless you get the EMB. In all honesty commuting is horrible, we do it because with the low time we can only go to the regionals and most are based out East. West coast to Midwest is doable, since the flights are usually 2-3 hours long. I can't imagine doing Coast to Coast 6 hour flights, especially JFK/EWR/BOS. You're going to get 3 days off, that means you'll only be home about 40 hours. Good news is that crahspads are real cheap any where to a hundred to a few hundred dollars per month. Once you get more flight time you will be in a position to find work where you live. The problem with guys out West is there aren't that many airlines, mostly corp/fractional work. UA/AA you need like 15 years senority to hold em. But hey I hear Southwest OAK is junior.
