DEN-IND commute?
 

DEN-IND commute?

Would this be an easy 2.5 hour one-leg commute both directions?

Frontier, United and Southwest each operate about three flights per day with load factors around 80%.

That brings up an interesting question (at least to me). Do the airlines report loads of only paying passengers or do they include non-revs? I would think or hope that it's only paying passengers.

DEN-IND-DEN on Frontier is a drag. There are always employees (non-revs) flying back and forth as we still have some parts of the operation in IND.

I'm not sure how often the jumpseat fills up, but there are a number of projects in IND that pilots participate in (with the IBT's permission).

Look at Fedex too, they have a hub in IND

Most airlines show both rev loads and nonrev listings on their employee nonrev portal.

The nonrev listings are useful, but are limited in that nonrevs can (and usually do) wait until the last minute to list for a flight. Not very useful for long range planning...for that you have to look at rev loads and add a buffer factor for last-minute nonrevs.

The buffer can less than ten for travel off the beaten path, but for hub-to-hub or vacation destination cities you might want to plan on thirty nonrevs to be safe.

You need to provide a bit more info than just the destination. If you are planning to work for the airlines that are flying the route then you are in better luck.

I use this route a lot on my sea-ind commute. Part of it is because we can use frontier fa seats to commute on and that helped me out multiple times ( thanks guys)

The 9pm fedex den ind flight helps if you miss the last flight of the day in f9 or wn

And yeah 2.5 hrs of commute is nothing.

FedEx is a good option if it fits your schedule. MD10 usually has plenty of room on it.

PM me if you need specifics on the IND end of the commute if you want to use FedEx. Also, I believe there's a thread on the DEN end for FedEx. Good luck!