How do regionals generally feel about you commuting from a foreign country?

 

Doesn't matter where you commute from, as long as you get to work when you are supposed to.

Couple things to consider, if you are going to commit yourself to it, especially if you are going to cross an ocean, try and reduce it to one leg. Also, if the regional has a commuter clause with the standard "two flights" to get to work, will that work for where you want to commute to/from?

It is worth it to commute that far along with the time zone change?

If you are able to drop/trade to get additional time off, it might be worth it. That is, assuming money is not an issue. Can you really afford to live in Europe (if applicable) on U.S. regional pay? Let alone U.S. legacy pay. Will you have to pay departure taxes EVERY TIME you commute to work?

Don't forget, Air Canada is about the only foreign airline that has reciprocal JS agreements with U.S. airlines. There may be others, but they are few and far between. You may hear stories where some guys says "yeah, I just tell the CA I'm a U.S. airline pilot and they just let me on, no problem". Whatever, maybe it works for him, doesn't mean it will work for you. Also, there are few (read, VERY few) instances where you can actually OCCUPY the physical JS when leaving the country. Forget coming back to the states on a passenger carrier, there is NO WAY WHAT SO EVER as far as sitting in it on the way into the U.S.

If you are going to trade to back up all your work days together and you days off together, that may help. But now you may run into 30/7 issues as well as not being able to pull it off every month. Forget it all if you are on reserve.

Yeah, I know there are guys that do it, just a few things to think about.

Theres a joke whenever someone says he has a hellishly long commute, or one to a foreign country with limited options;

Him: "yeah, I commute from XYZ"

The guy he talking to: "She better be worth it"