It's the same as any other airline. If you commute, then you are generally gone more than someone who lives in base. Why? Because trips that allow you to commute in and out on the first and last day of the trip are not going to be worth as much (credit) as trips that start at 6:00am and end at 9:00pm. That means you have to work more trips in a month to get the same amount of credit as someone who works more productive trips with early starts and late finishes.

I bid about 55% in my base. For October I got all commutable trips, but only 13 days off, while people around my seniority who did not bid for commutability received 14-16 days off. It is what it is.

Health Care and interview question
 

1. I was wondering how the health care was and how much is it every two weeks if you have a family?
2. What base would be the best for having the lowest reserve time MSP or DTW?
3. Are they still giving you an ATP and a type rating or did they do away with that?
4. Also, I was wondering about the test questions on the interview, do they come from the ATP or just random? Is there any good way to study for this other than the study guide?
Do a lot of guys fail out after the 30 days of home study?
Thanks to everyone who has responded.

1. Depends on your options, but you can estimate about a minimum of $200/mo for medical, dental, and life insurance.
2. MSP
3. There were, then they weren't, now it's been approved again. Don't know when it will begin though, but if you're hired you're entitled to it eventually.
4. No, the questions are made up from their own bank. No way to really study, just go over everything you've ever learned, plus some. Use the books they recommend, and also 'Everything Explained for the Professional Pilot' is an excellent resource.
5. If you're hired, they do pretty well at making sure you make it to the line. I don't know of anyone personally who has washed out once they begin training.

Good luck!

Delta.com shows 3 flights per day to/from SLC and SNA beginning January 4 that say "operated by Compass."

Anyone heard if there will be any more SLC flying in addition to this?

rumor is they are going to feed these flights from SAT, AUS, IAH, DFW or somewhere down there.

Thanks for the reply. have a good weekend.

What have you guys used for the cognitive prep? I have been using lumosity and was looking for any other programs out there.

Sure, you can't really study for this portion, but why not get the juices flowing.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare :D

+1 its just an absurdly difficult video game. Anything that requires you to use two hands doing different things and memorize random information like shapes/colors/sounds/numerical sequences - then repeat them backwards.

Lumosity and happy-neuron.com seemed to help. There are certain games in there that are more similar to the test. Use the gouge. I practiced with that and somehow passed that computer test on 2 hours of sleep.

Also, always use the practice round(s) to the full advantage.