Within 3 hours of a base, drive. If you are farther than that commute. The act of commuting is not stressful at all. At Envoy you get 6 CP's (can't make it to work) per year.

The TIME LOST commuting can be huge. You will loose the time spent waiting for your flight home, delays, mtx, coming the night prior or leaving a day after your trip. For some, it is a benefit of the job for others it is a curse or somewhere in between.

When deciding which company or which base, remember that things change quickly at the regionals and a little less at the Legacy carriers.

For the poster in the mid-Atlantic area, go for the PSA DCA base, you won't be disappointed. AA has bases there too for your future planning, in case you don't go corporate or something. Also, the NY commute is always a temporary option if/when you flow until you can hold DCA.

Anyone gone through the Envoy RTP lately? I start in September and just wondering what to expect.

It will not prepare you for the written. If I recall correctly it's 4 days of ground and 3 days of sim. Get Sheppard air to study for the written. Good luck!

This looks like advice for the ATP-CTP. I don't know anything about RTP though.

You can make more money living in base. Overtime is paid at 200%. In base, pick up a turn or 2 on a day off and you're back home that night. Commuters won't bother.

I commute from ATL and don't consider it hell. Would I prefer driving, yes. I could have gone to ExpressJet but chose the commute and Envoy. I make the best I can out of the commute...have the Gogo inflight internet and Amazon Prime/ watch movies and on the web.

Small correction - OT is 150% unless the company declares critical coverage, then it is upped to 200%.

Either way you're going to love those AA flight benefits!