Flyingdutchman
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I agree with him... I am a Captain and have been here 5 years. I don't live in domicile, don't have a crash pad, and buy maybe 4-5 hotels a year. I commute and it is about a 1 hour commute. I am willing to give up weekends, they don't mean much to me as I can get more done on a weekday than a weekend and the lines for restaurants, movies, sport events are shorter on a week night.BOHICAgain said:Actually yeah trips that end at 2030 are commutable. I dont give presents to schedulers I just see what I can get from open time...IF the reserve looks good I just try to drop the first out and back and my trip becomes commutable... It works out great if I have an out and back with a 3 hour sit after that. After 4 years here your probably a Captain.. and if not then your bidding in the top 20 of FO so dont know why u are complaining. As a Captain it is more difficult due to the current staffing.
If you dont belive me thats fine I really dont care. I know what I get isnt perfect but its the best I can do with my seniority and I think its pretty good considering Ive been here for 1.5 years. Commuting is what you make of it.. there are good and bad months... for those interested in comming here you cant really grasp what ur life will be like from reading posts from co-workers that go against what they all say. It is just not as bad as people make you believe and for that reason not as good as others say.
That's why I finally bid down to MEM. My QOL increased TREMENDOUSLY, even though I could only hold 12 days off after 4 1/2 years at PCL as a CA (2 less than DTW on average), it was almost ALWAYS commutable. So instead of getting 14 days off in DTW and spending 4-6 days off in a hotel or crashpad, I got 12 days off commutable and burnt ZERO days off in a hotel or crashpad in a year's time.dondk said:Commuting is what you make of it. I don't get the guys/gals who live in FL, GA, TX, TN, SC, NC and constantly bitch about the commute to DTW when the one to MEM is easier (much easier). Just like the handful of peep's who live on the west coast and commute to DTW when MSP is easier.
That's very true. I'd love to live in a coastal city, but the commute's a b*tch...Make the commute easier and your QOL may increase, keep it difficult and what else do you expect? Live somewhere difficlut to commute from and that is the price you have to pay, it is no different if you work for PNCL, any other regional, LCC or major.