Okay, but how long until you can hold ATL?

 

Atlanta is about 5-7 years. It is super senior


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Bahahahahahaha! Congrats. You took the bait, and in record time! Lmao.

 

Why is ATL so senior? High social security numbers?

 

Trannies..

 

Gents,

Living in western NY, I would prefer either BWI or MDW as a base. Does anyone have any experience, or know anyone who has done these commutes? I know BUF has several directs per day to each of these bases, though I think they're generally pretty full.

Thank you for any input.

 

I don't do that particular commute, but at a glance, it looks like BWI would be a better option because there are more flights per day, increasing the odds of one lining up closer to your scheduled trip. (You also have three flights a day from ROC, which might be another option.)

The downside of BWI is that there isn't a cheap and easy way to commute into IAD or DCA as a backup and get to BWI. MDW, on the other hand, is a ~95-minute train ride to ORD, and that would add several United and American flights as commute options if the timing works out. Check out FlightLookup Display Flights as a tool to see various commute options, and plan on working mostly weekends initially. (So look at schedules for Friday and Saturday going out.)

I commute to OAK and am currently on reserve, and have gone to SFO several times because it let me sleep in a couple hours longer before leaving my house. As long as you're phone contactable at the beginning if your reserve block, you don't need to be anywhere near your base; you just have to be able to report within 2 hours of the call. SFO-OAK is a little over an hour on the train, so that works out very nicely for me. ORD/MDW would be similar.

 

I don't care who you are that's some funny sh*t right there!

 

Well, at least somebody got the joke

 

CA1900,

Thanks for the detailed response! You brought up a few points that I had not even considered, like commuting from ROC in a pinch and the need for an alternate destination in case BWI or MDW had issues.

I will check out the website you linked. I suppose worst case scenario I could always drive as well, though I don't think I'd want to make a habit of that since its about 6.5 hours