That’s my tbought as well. Only way they change and displace is if hardly any captains leave.

 

I was there last week. Everything is open. Restaurants, bars, theme parks.

Even at the Lodge the bar, fitness center, and cafeteria (most options) all were open.

It’s business as usual down there with the exception of temperature screenings and masks.

 

Agreed- Was just there. No major issues, No maskholes either.

 

Personally for me, the inability to quickly fly back home during the 2-4 days off they give you during the long 6 week QT footprint is the issue I have. Two flights/day to BOS makes things tough. I was down in MCO for QT training during the beginning of the pandemic. Not something I’d like to do again voluntarily.

 

That’s good to hear at least. Makes it more bearable.

 

I have recurrent next month and was looking at flights. We have 3 a day between JFK and MCO. Zero to LGA. The JFK ones are either early morning, noon, or 2pm. Coming back the first flight is at 12:30, then around 2 and 7. Not exactly the most convenient.

 

Not even a miniscule fraction of the inconvenience commuters have been dealing with for 6+ months. You'll survive.

 

Totally agree with your point here. The commuting has gone from bearable to a complete disaster for a lot of us. I know I know it’s our choice but ... for someone to complain about a commute to/from training well you’ll live through it.

 

Apples to oranges.

I agree with the complaints about the training schedule and commuting to and from home. We have no say in our training schedule. One of the only restrictions is there must be a two day off period within a 14 day footprint. That makes it very difficult to get to and from home on days (or day in many cases) off. If you have a family, and especially if you have a wife that works and kids, it’s very hard to just be absent for the majority of a month. As a normal commuter yes your commute has gotten very difficult but you’re not flying much at all and you’re also given the option to take a VIL. To make matters worse many of these guys headed to training in the next few months are going there involuntarily.

So to be honest I feel a lot worse for them than I do you ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

EDIT: I see you quoted Tristar and not Nuball’s post. Yeah getting to and from recurrent isn’t going to get much sympathy from me either.

 

let us not forget what Doug Parker says about this... “commuting is a choice.” Plan accordingly