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07-30-2019 | 03:39 AM
#11
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I’m about a year out from applying to regionals. My wife and I have avoided planting roots to make moving easier when that time comes.
We’re starting to like our current town though. She’s contemplating switching jobs but doesn’t want to if it means having to leave after a year. We’re also debating whether to keep renting even though we could get a mortgage for cheaper than what we pay in rent.
I live 5 minutes from an outstation that has 5-8 flights a day to CLT which is about a 4 hour drive.
If I got based in CLT, I’d have a 30 minute one leg commute on a lucky day. A 4 hour drive on a bad day. Would this be bad enough to justify moving to avoid commuting at all? I’d like to hear from the people who have already been there
We’re starting to like our current town though. She’s contemplating switching jobs but doesn’t want to if it means having to leave after a year. We’re also debating whether to keep renting even though we could get a mortgage for cheaper than what we pay in rent.
I live 5 minutes from an outstation that has 5-8 flights a day to CLT which is about a 4 hour drive.
If I got based in CLT, I’d have a 30 minute one leg commute on a lucky day. A 4 hour drive on a bad day. Would this be bad enough to justify moving to avoid commuting at all? I’d like to hear from the people who have already been there
PSA should be a good long term airline pick.
07-30-2019 | 07:11 AM
#13
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"Soon"? They have already been retiring at breakneck speed. The bulk of the retirements going on over the past few years is LUS. But CLT has only been further backfilled by senior people moving in.
07-30-2019 | 11:26 AM
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Most of the LUS retirements will be done in the next few years, by 2022.
07-30-2019 | 11:32 AM
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I know it's anecdotal, but I've flown with numerous captains in LGA who commute in from various places who've said "yeah, tired of commuting, getting ready to move the family to Charlotte." I've never heard one say that about any of our other bases.
07-30-2019 | 12:00 PM
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I'm not saying someone hired in the next few years (or even a decade) won't get it, but the chances are you will be extremely junior there for a very very long time and will probably end up what the guys living in Dallas did - commute to MIA or NYC to upgrade or have some semblance of quality of life as a senior FO there instead of being on short call working every weekend with January vacations.
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07-30-2019 | 12:28 PM
#20
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I don’t understand why people claim that commuting is one of the pluses of the industry. Even in the best of circumstances it will still complicate your life and work. It’s a long way to age 65 and do you really want to live that way for that long?
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