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Originally Posted by jet-dreams  Is it unrealistic of me to not want to relocate in order to get a FO position?
I want to stay in my current location since my wife has a great career and that is how we are going to make it financially for the first few years. I also have a home here and would like to stay close to family.
I would be commuting out of SLC to my base. Do airlines want you to move to your base location?
Also can someone tell me how it works when your on reserve if your base in another city? I assume I would commute to the base then stay in a crashpad until called? What the heck do pilots do stuck in a crashpad for days at a time?
I am going to a part 61 school and just getting ready to start my instrument training. I am trying to understand what I am in for once I am ready to make the career move.
Thanks,
Erick |
I commute from Salt Lake City (I live in Park City) to Newark. I've been commuting to (mostly) reserve for about 8 months now. In fact, I'm writing this from my crash pad.
What I do is commute in the night before I start reserve. Yesterday I left Salt Lake on a 5:00 p.m. flight and I had to start reserve this morning at 9:00 a.m. in Newark. On the last day, with good luck, I'll be able to get released a little early to make the last flight back to Salt Lake at 5:00 p.m. Otherwise I'm coming home the day after I get done with my block of reserve days.
What I do to keep myself from going crazy...well I spend a lot of time on the internet. I think I'm about to start studying for the GRE, so that should be exciting. I read a lot, and if I'm going to sit for 4-6 days straight I'll try to get into New York at least one evening. I'll usually go to a book store and try to find something new to read if I do that.
Some weeks are better than others, and sometimes I'm sitting around going bat #### crazy, other weeks I'm able to work. It just kinda depends.