How do domiciles work?

[SilverFlyer]

This is my first post and I know my question shows my ignorance, but I'm curious about how domiciles work. I'm hoping to land a regional job in the near future and I'm sure I'll be living in one. Is this an apartment that the airline pays for? Can you live there when you are off duty? Do lots of pilots share the space or is it somewhere that you can keep your belongings?

 

[dojetdriver]

This is my first post and I know my question shows my ignorance, but I'm curious about how domiciles work. I'm hoping to land a regional job in the near future and I'm sure I'll be living in one. Is this an apartment that the airline pays for? Can you live there when you are off duty? Do lots of pilots share the space or is it somewhere that you can keep your belongings?

Use the search function and type in either of these two words; 1) commuting 2) Crashpad(s).

If that doesn't work, try variations of the words. commuter, commute, ect.

 

[SiuDude]

A domicile is where you begin and end your trips. It is up to you to find housing at, and transportation to your domicile.

 

[norskman]

This is my first post and I know my question shows my ignorance, but I'm curious about how domiciles work. I'm hoping to land a regional job in the near future and I'm sure I'll be living in one. Is this an apartment that the airline pays for? Can you live there when you are off duty? Do lots of pilots share the space or is it somewhere that you can keep your belongings?

Hoo boy. Where to start? Well, SIUdude summed it up well.

If you search the archives, you'll find that MANY regional pilots advise living in your domicile city. On the other hand, many pilots commute from where they live to and from their domicile. Many pilots do this happily, others consider it the biggest pain in the A#^ on Earth. A lot depends on the airline. Some have commuter friendly schedules, others are less commuter friendly. In addition, some airlines have commuter clauses in their contracts that make commuting easier (and less likely to get you fired if you miss your show time). Pilots that commute often rely on "crashpads" or apartments used by multiple pilots, sometimes in dormitory style, that they use when they need to fly in the day before their first scheduled trip.

It also depends which cities you would be commuting between. Are there are a lot of flights between the cities? How many are your airline? (makes commuting easier).

Best suggestion: brew yourself a big pot of coffee, and start diving through the archives of this message board. Read read read until your eyeballs fall out. You will learn a ton of stuff about everything -- what life is like at each of the regionals in terms of interviews, hiring, training, life on the line, and overall QOL (quality of life). Seriously, invest about 10-20 hours in researching on this board and it'll be the best investment you could ever make (hope you have broadband!).

Good luck in your career!

 

[Longhorn]

Do you have any airline specificlly you would like info on. If you are looking at one place or another we might be able to be more specific with the advice.

LH

 

[BoilerUP]

If you are single, your quality of life (QOL) will be higher if you live in domicile. You can maximize your bidding, easily pick up open time for extra $$$, and if you are on reserve, actually have a life instead of living out of your rollaboard at a hotel or crashpad (or crew room couch). If you are married and/or have a family, your QOL might be better commuting, especially if your roots are deep. Finances can also play a role in the benefit of moving to domicile vs. commuting.

Search function is great as people have said, but you have to wade through alot of chaff to find what you are looking for sometimes. Welcome to Flightinfo - don't let this board make you jaded!

 

[blzr]

If you are a ne hire and decide to live in your domicile, rent first until you decide that's where you #1 want to be and #2 if they have long term ties to the place. I have seen alot of people buy a house, move in, start growing roots and then.... BAM.....base closures or realignment.

 

[MALSR]

If you work for Mesa, you get a new domicile just about every week.

 

[SilverFlyer]

Thanks all for your replies. I don't have any specific airlines in mind yet, but I've finally got the 1,000 hours total and 100 multi to qualify for several. I'm single and am able to live frugally. I've recently found this board and I find it a wealth of information. I also use climbto350 and willflyforfood as other resources to help in my job search.

 

[BoDEAN]

This is my first post and I know my question shows my ignorance, but I'm curious about how domiciles work. I'm hoping to land a regional job in the near future and I'm sure I'll be living in one. Is this an apartment that the airline pays for? Can you live there when you are off duty? Do lots of pilots share the space or is it somewhere that you can keep your belongings?

MY Domicile is ORD, I live in DTW. I have a crashpad in ORD, and commute. I try to maximize days off, and profer for trips so I can spend the least amount of time possible at the crash pad. One day I will move to my Domicile, will make life easier.