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04-30-2019 | 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by redjay14

Don't forget that if you commute to base and you are on reserve, you'll be sitting in a crash pad instead of home for weeks a month (depending on how EXJ uses you). It makes a huuuge difference to sit at home vs in a crash pad or apartment away from home so much.

Dude is 22. Commute option is to sit in an apartment with a bunch of college buddies and a robust social network when off reserve. “Live at home” option is to be alone or with some randos in a crappy apartment in new city where he has zero connections and no time or money to make them. This isn’t the usual situation

04-30-2019 | 07:30 AM

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Thanks for all the replies everyone. Like I said in the original post, it's only for the first year while I get my feet wet at the airlines. ZeroTT hit the nail on the head- I'd much rather suffer through some more while commuting where I'm going back to hang out with friends. My current job already brings me to cities where I don't know anyone for weeks at a time, and I'm definitely ready for a change.

Anyways, the main point of my original post was to see if that commute with 7 flights a day would be feasible, and it sounds like it is!

04-30-2019 | 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Blackhawk

Not everyone can uproot a family for a regional. Selling a house, making a spouse give up their career and moving kids to a different school for a regional. Big mistake.

^^^ This. I'd move to wherever if I was 22 - 28 again, but not now with the wife/kids. Plus, if all goes well, another move a few years later would be in the cards if I make it up to a LCC/Legacy carrier. Commuting won't be fun, but it's in the cards for me unfortunately.

04-30-2019 | 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Fixnem2Flyinem

When I was commuting to LAX on reserve I didn’t want to bring a vehicle, so I found a crash pad with a “crash pad car”. I ended up playing Uber Driver for everyone else all day everyday as we had 15 plus pilots sharing the car. That sucked

Crash pad car? New plan!

- Lease a car for $300/mo
- Place car near airport
- Rent each seat in car as cold bed for $200/mo
- $$$

04-30-2019 | 08:41 PM

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Crash pad car? New plan!

- Lease a car for $300/mo
- Place car near airport
- Rent each seat in car as cold bed for $200/mo
- $$$

My god you are a genius! Looking at used ‘02 Corollas as we speak.

05-01-2019 | 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ninerdriver

Crash pad car? New plan!

- Lease a car for $300/mo
- Place car near airport
- Rent each seat in car as cold bed for $200/mo
- $$$

Had a friend in high school. Had a used hearse like that. Rented it out the evenings he and his girlfriend were not using it.

05-01-2019 | 02:23 PM

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Crash pad car? New plan!

- Lease a car for $300/mo
- Place car near airport
- Rent each seat in car as cold bed for $200/mo
- $$$

In SoCal, you could probably get 400 a seat

05-02-2019 | 04:57 AM

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In SoCal, you could probably get 400 a seat

Thats no joke. I actually seriously considered doing this with my van... I had several interested parties before I left LA.

05-02-2019 | 06:01 AM

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Had a friend in high school. Had a used hearse like that. Rented it out the evenings he and his girlfriend were not using it.

Slightly creepy but ingenious. Was there a mattress or just a wood box?

05-02-2019 | 09:41 AM

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Slightly creepy but ingenious. Was there a mattress or just a wood box?

Oh, I don’t know. Need to ask his ex-girlfriend. She is a psychologist specializing in family counseling. I am serious.

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