I am not CAL but i hope my opinion still counts. I commute home everytime between iah-ewr. I have only been bumped on 1 flight in 3 months. I have two legged it a couple times but overall it really hasnt been bad at all.
If you look at the flight loads they are always full with non revs and commuters.
I'd recomend the two leg commute. If you are XJT look for a city that has a few RJ flights a day from both hubs, then you can always have the jumpseat.
Just rode EWR-IAH yesterday. (I don't commute - was visiting Yankee in-laws )
It was as full as it gets, with every seat filled, j/s included. I could have gotten on with a pass, but the crew let me take the 2nd cockpit j/s to get one more on in the back.
I used to commute as a new-hire, and summers were always the worst, load-wise, but even then I only got left off once or twice.
Two-legging is usually a sure ace-in-the-hole, since a lot of XJT flights carry through an outstation with the same aircraft and crew between EWR and IAH, probably a half-dozen or so every bank of flights. DAY, IND, CVG, BNA, MEM, TYS, GSP, CAE, SDF all have frequent service from both hubs.
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