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04-09-2023 | 03:40 PM

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Hedley

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Originally Posted by ugleeual

Are you implying that Long Call could get worse in the next contract? If so then that’s not gonna happen… it might get better but definitely won’t get worse.

You can sit LCR pretty much from anywhere… and if transitioned to SC you have 10 hours minimum to get within 2.5 hours (normal driving time) of the airport… and 12 hours to drive/fly to the airport if assigned a FSB.

No, I'm saying that under our current rules, people are frequently transitioned to SC and you shouldn’t bet on staying on LCR. Living outside of the 2.5 hr report for duty window would require you to deal with crash pads or hotels like most commuters. We also don’t know what the next contract will say or how long it will be before we get to that stage. I agree that it won’t get worse, but how much better it gets is the question we aren’t going to know for a while.

04-09-2023 | 03:52 PM

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Brickfire

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Originally Posted by Hedley

Unless you lived east of AUS, making the 2.5 hr report to duty requirement would be tough.

He’s saying that after probation you aren’t going to get fired for an occasional 2.7hr report

04-09-2023 | 04:27 PM

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ugleeual

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Originally Posted by Hedley

got it… true.

04-09-2023 | 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by saganist

Thank you for the information, it does help. And the end of your comment leads me to my next big question:

What about commuting to LCR as a WB FO? That's actually what I was most interested in (commuting AUS to EWR or SFO), and now I'm very curious if that might be a little better than what I'm hearing about commuting to LCR in general.

I’ve done the AUS to EWR commute for my previous regional. It was okay. Not a lot of competition and I had about 3-4 flights a day. The flights were spread throughout the day so commuting in same day wasn’t an option for me.

I tended to commute the day prior. Getting home was doable too. Had more competition on the way home than on the way to work, but never missed a commute in either direction.

You also have Spirit that flies up to EWR, but that’s once or twice daily. It was a nice back up, but never needed to use it. I would definitely choose IAH as a base if you live in AUS. YMMV.