Commuting on reserve

[Doogie]

Dude,

After the initial woody goes away, an RJ is just another airplane.. Once you start flying for a living, you'll have your days when the last thing you want to see is an airplane.

Common don't tell me that!!!!

 

[Capt. Caucasian]

Common don't tell me that!!!!

It's just a job dude, nothing more. And, a pretty lousy one at that.

Frats,

 

[Smacktard]

Commuting on reserve..... While on probation...... Outside of Union protection..... Do you want to keep your job at Express?

If not thats fine just another spot open for me when I get the time to apply with them.

Sounds pretty stupid to me IMO

Someone hasn't had their reality check. Just wait until it's you. You'll be on here asking the same questions.

As for commuting out of Atl on Coex and Continental, I did it for 8 months ATL-CLE. I had 3 or 4 close calls, but I would attribute that to one or two Coex captains that used the jumpseat to reinforce their own agenda...in fact, one bitch in particular comes to mind...S.B. Houston shouldn't be that bad, Newark might be problematic because of factors out of your control...weather, flow control etc. Go to skyguideonline.com and put in ATL-HOU, here's every conceivable way of getting to HOU out of ATL thru the noon hour...


6:00am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 7:08amContinental Airlines
2:08 hrs. Snack3312*
ERJNon-Stop
M,Tu,W,Th,F,Sa7:20am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 8:22amContinental Airlines
2:02 hrs. Snack1621
738Non-Stop
W,Su7:30am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 10:39amDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
4:09 hrs. 1059 / 4151*
738Dallas (DFW)
M,Tu,W,Th,F,Sa8:15am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 12:04pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
4:49 hrs. 4381* / 2863*
CR7Austin (AUS)
M,Tu,W,Su8:21am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 9:39amDelta Air Lines
2:18 hrs. 4357*
CR7Non-Stop
Daily8:26am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (HOU) 9:34amDelta Air Lines
2:08 hrs. 0239
738Non-Stop
Daily8:35am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 12:06pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
4:31 hrs. 4673* / 3061*
CRJShreveport (SHV)
M,Tu,W,Th,F8:43am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (HOU) 11:53amAmerican Airlines / American Airlines
4:10 hrs. 2027 / 3797*
M80Dallas (DFW)
M,Tu,W,Th,F8:43am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 12:18pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
4:35 hrs. 1495 / 2846*
732San Antonio (SAT)
W8:43am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 12:36pmAmerican Airlines / American Airlines
4:53 hrs. 2027 / 0506
M80Dallas (DFW)
Daily8:43am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 1:44pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
6:01 hrs. 1495 / 3385*
732San Antonio (SAT)
Tu,W,Su8:44am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 12:46pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
5:02 hrs. 1299 / 6306*
757Dallas (DFW)
M,Tu,W,Th,F,Sa8:44am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (HOU) 12:52pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
5:08 hrs. 1299 / 4234*
757Dallas (DFW)
M,Tu,W,Th,F,Sa9:15am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (HOU) 10:30amAirtran
2:15 hrs. 0293
717Non-Stop
Daily9:25am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (HOU) 12:52pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
4:27 hrs. 1463 / 4234*
M80Dallas (DFW)
Daily9:25am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (HOU) 2:40pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
6:15 hrs. 1463 / 4515*
M80Dallas (DFW)
Daily9:45am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 2:28pmAmerican Airlines / American Airlines
5:43 hrs. 1245 / 3689*
M80Dallas (DFW)
M,Tu,W,Th,F9:51am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (HOU) 11:15amDelta Air Lines
2:24 hrs. 4178*
CRJNon-Stop
Daily9:52am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (HOU) 12:52pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
4:00 hrs. 0612 / 4234*
738Dallas (DFW)
Daily9:52am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 2:31pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
5:39 hrs. 0612 / 6347*
738Dallas (DFW)
Daily9:52am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (HOU) 2:40pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
5:48 hrs. 0612 / 4515*
738Dallas (DFW)
Daily9:55am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 11:05amDelta Air Lines
2:10 hrs. 0493
732Non-Stop
Daily10:01am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 1:50pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
4:49 hrs. 4148* / 3017*
CRJFayetteville (XNA)
M,W,Sa,Su10:01am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 2:50pmNorthwest Airlines / Northwest Airlines
5:49 hrs. 8887* / 7318*
M80Memphis (MEM)
M,Tu,W,Th,F,Sa10:05am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 1:44pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
4:39 hrs. 1197 / 3385*
M80San Antonio (SAT)
Tu,W,Su10:05am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 2:45pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
5:40 hrs. 1197 / 3050*
M80San Antonio (SAT)
Tu,W10:06am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 1:36pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
4:30 hrs. 1177 / 3171*
738Birmingham (BHM)
M,Tu,W,Th,F,Su10:06am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 1:36pmContinental Airlines / Continental Airlines
4:30 hrs. 4340* / 2090*
738Birmingham (BHM)
M,Tu,W,Th,F,Su10:06am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 1:36pmNorthwest Airlines / Northwest Airlines
4:30 hrs. 9059* / 5170*
738Birmingham (BHM)
M,Tu,W,Th,F,Su10:10am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 1:30pmNorthwest Airlines / Northwest Airlines
4:20 hrs. 9250* / 7492*
M80Nashville (BNA)
M,Tu,W,Th,F,Su10:25am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 1:50pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
4:25 hrs. 4415* / 3268*
CR7Pensacola (PNS)
Tu,W10:25am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 1:50pmNorthwest Airlines / Northwest Airlines
4:25 hrs. 9599* / 5583*
CR7Pensacola (PNS)
Tu,W11:20am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (HOU) 12:23pmDelta Air Lines
2:03 hrs. 0765
738Non-Stop
M,Tu,W,Th,F,Su11:22am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 12:24pmDelta Air Lines
2:02 hrs. 1194
M80Non-Stop
Daily11:22am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (EFD) 1:59pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
3:37 hrs. 1194 / 2678*
M80Houston (IAH)
Tu,W,Th,F,Sa,Su11:23am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 2:31pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
4:08 hrs. 1561 / 6347*
767Dallas (DFW)
Daily11:23am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 2:45pmNorthwest Airlines / Northwest Airlines
4:22 hrs. 9719* / 5227*
767Dallas (DFW)
M,W11:27am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 12:35pmContinental Airlines
2:08 hrs. Snack2873*
ERJNon-Stop
M,W,Th,F,Su11:27am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (EFD) 1:59pmContinental Airlines / Continental Airlines
3:32 hrs. Snack2873* / 2936*
ERJHouston (IAH)
W,Th,F,Su11:28am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 2:37pmContinental Airlines / Continental Airlines
4:09 hrs. 4213* / 0443
732Tulsa (TUL)
Tu,W11:28am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 2:37pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
4:09 hrs. 1481 / 2831*
732Tulsa (TUL)
Tu,W11:31am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 4:22pmNorthwest Airlines / Northwest Airlines
5:51 hrs. 8868* / 5517*
M80Saint Louis (STL)
Daily11:34am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 1:50pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
3:16 hrs. 0621 / 3268*
M80Pensacola (PNS)
Tu,W11:34am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 1:50pmNorthwest Airlines / Northwest Airlines
3:16 hrs. 9205* / 5583*
M80Pensacola (PNS)
Tu,W11:48am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 4:50pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
6:02 hrs. 4427* / 2856*
CRJFayetteville (XNA)
M,Tu,W,Th,F,Su11:57am Depart Atlanta (ATL)
Arrive Houston (IAH) 4:50pmDelta Air Lines / Delta Air Lines
5:53 hrs. 1817 / 2900*
732San Antonio (SAT)
W

 

[BritishGuy]

I know the guy (well he was my CFI at one point) that never turned up for work.....what a story!

 

[Thedude]

Dude,

After the initial woody goes away, an RJ is just another airplane.. Once you start flying for a living, you'll have your days when the last thing you want to see is an airplane.

If you only knew how true that is

 

[Rally]

I know the guy (well he was my CFI at one point) that never turned up for work.....what a story!

Well then do sure the story!

 

[PBRstreetgang]

Hey,
At my first airline job, the chief pilot came into ground school and explained a few things, reserve was one of them, "you are meat on a hook, remember that and you won't be disappointed". Build your senority stay a F/O, and bid to fly with a checkairman! Works for me I flew 6 days this month, and that was 5 too many! This is just a job, ok sometimes, suks a$$ at other times.
"hehe he said meat on a hook"
Good luck, your life will rollercoaster up and down like nothing you have ever experienced!
PBR

 

[patriotflier]

Doogie.....The grass is always greener on the other side.....especially when you have been working towards a goal most of your life.....Relality is your gone from your homa a lot, miss holidays/birthdays/aniversaries/child being born, and then most companies treat us pilots like $hit. So there is the reality!
It is like eating your favorite food for the rest of your life every day. It just becomes something you have to do to survive...Same with flying it is awesome abut it just becomes a job and a way to survive.

The flying is awesome...no question about it....99% of the pilots you fly with are pretty cool. Aad it is pretty neat to get paid to fly. But just remember how much you enjoy flying becasue the rest pretty much sux!


As for commuting in and out of ATL! Stay away from EWR!!!!! IAH is ok....but the best advice I can give you is to try it out and find out if it is something you like or dislike. Then you will know if you can handle commuting with what is going on in your life individually. Some guys absolutely love to commute while others like me will never do it again if I can at all possibly avoid it.

 

[moscowcfi]

Comair pilots, how is the commute from Chicago to Cinci? How about from Springfield, IL. Are there any (many) flights?