Y list no unless you can be in a spirit city in less than 3hrs. X list maybe. Don’t commute if you don’t have to. So many more reasons than x/y

 

And to follow up on what Qotsa said, X/Y is best only when you have done none of it in the previous year (Resets yearly at 0000 01Jan). As soon as you start getting some premium credit under your belt, you move further down the list and are less likely to be called (unless you're somehow the only person on the list).

Also, choosing to Y list out of a destination rather than a base isn't going to yield you too much since you're basically banking on things like weather, meltdowns, fatigue calls, etc (the uncommon things) in order to get that call. If that's your plan, don't set yourself up for failure by expecting calls just because it's a heavily serviced city. Making plans based on X/Y has always been a gamble, Destination Y only would be really tough to plan around if you want extra money.

 

One of the greatest things about this job/career is you can live anywhere you want. Almost no other career you can do this at, outside of having a telecommuter/online position with a major company.

I commute and have ever since I started my airline career nearly a decade ago. Lots of people do. I grew up in a terrific city and it’s close to base and has 10-12 flights a day to work/home. It’s stupid easy and almost zero stress to/from.

I get so sick of people that try and shams commuters, like we are all morons for not living in base. GTFO here with that BS.

One year, at my regional, I actually moved and “lived in base”. Guess what? The city sucked, I had almost no friends (outside of the few at work) and after a couple months, guess what I did? I started commuting out on days off and having fun and a life again.

Live where you want. Unless your truly living in the middle of nowhere, it’s not hard find flights to your domicile.

 

Coming up on 3 weeks of “app under review”.... still normal for industry climate with 9k TT, 3K TPIC, 18 years 121 and current 121PIC,??

 

Do you have any internal letters of recommendation or did you go to a Meet the Chiefs event recently? If not, then yes that’s normal.

 

Many thanks for the input John. I do have an internal. I’ll just continue to be patient. Again, thanks...

 

Best of luck to you! I had an internal, but had to go to a job fair to get things moving. I don’t know if that’s still the case.

 

I went to one single OBAP and was hired the very next month

 

I’m in an upcoming class, and would welcome any help/reach outs. The different bold items in the com are confusing me for each n number. Any help is appreciated

 

Just know the what type of plane it’s for. When it list those tail numbers just translate it into aircraft type: A319/A320/A320NEO/A321. When you take your oral they will just ask for the plane type.

In the front of the COM it will tell you what n numbers belong to what type of plane.