I think these are Delta's hiring #s over the last decade.

Truly no agenda or preferred carrier. I just wanted to see what the feasibility of commmuting out of Charleston, SC would be for UAL, if one had to stay in Charleston long term. And secondary to that, if someone had a choice between DL and UAL at this moment in time, and had to stay living in Charleston, SC, where they would go and why.

A lot of folks are suggesting Delta and Delta has a ton of flights, but the question is remains. How many Delta commuters out there in CHS to compete with? I would imagine that there are a ton.. I think United can be doable.

Like I said earlier, it’s not the commute, it’s what you are commuting to. Commuting to reserve at United is a bear and doing it from a smaller airport is a challenge, particularly with the spacing of flights. There are plenty of physical flights to each carriers hubs or coterminals. If you got a WB out of BI, those two years of commuting to reserve would be pretty painful.

One thing, I’ll add. During probation, I would select EWR over DCA. There are way more flights to EWR/LGA/JFK to make it possible to sit most of LC at home and also alleviate some of the stress of missing a commute as a new hire.

I get it, I commute to GR out of a small airport myself on the east coast. All I am I saying is that, when looking at commuting to Delta, look at the amount of commuters you will be competing with. Delta traditionally has a ton of commuters in in the South East going to ATL especially CHS. This is something folks need to consider when recommending Delta.

All I am saying that United is not a bad option for commuting. EWR is doable and IAD are doable global or no global.

DL has more, but they don’t have a problem either, although I do know some folks who moved towards Augusta just because they got tired of having to commute on an airplane.

I don’t remember the last time I spoke with someone who actually got to sit Long Call. Seems everyone is automatically converted to Short Call these days.

I actually got away with a day or two in September, after almost 5 months of not having a single unused reserve day. Made me give up on thoughts of bidding Captain anytime soon, that’s for sure.