In my opinion it's presumptuous to determine someone's attitude based on one short sentence.

That short sentence makes sense to me. The commute is important to me. Not the distance, but how easy it is to commute. I live on the west coast so a SJU commute would be a deal breaker for me because it would likely be a three leg commute. I wouldn't even apply to Eagle if that was my only option unless I think I could transfer quickly.

When I hired on I knew I was getting ORD or DFW which are both good commutes anywhere in CONUS. I commute to several places on occasion but primarily the west coast. ORD is a great commute.

From what I hear Jet Blue has taken over some AMR flying out of SJU. Also, the ERJ has new routes to the Dominican Republic and has picked up island flying out of MIA. I'm not sure about the CRJ. The SJU base is getting smaller and some rumor at Eagle has speculation as to how long it will remain as a base. But it's rumor so who knows....

 

if you got the SJU could most likely transfer out to DFW/MIa before you finished training, I would be more scared about the harder training of the ATR and having to do an NDB approach!

 

Commuting is a choice. Best advice I got when I was an FNG.

 

I you cant fly an NDB, you shouldn't be a pilot.

 

In another few years no one becoming a pilot will learn an NDB, its the next Loran, minus the fact its an AM radio and used for news/1940s music. Even VORs will be gone in my lifetime. GPS is the current future.

 

VOR's won't go away for a long time. GPS systems are too finicky to rely solely on them.

 

I did all the airline apps but I heard back pretty quickly after emailing that address. I just put a nice sentence saying thank you for taking the time to look over my attached resume, etc etc.

 

Just curious how long does it take to hear back after the pre offer? Also how do they schedule your medical?

 

If something is current (the present), how is it the future? It's already here.

 

No disrespect RJ, but commuting can often be necessary when on first-ish year pay AND based in many of the high cost of living cities IMHO.