Don't do it! Different company, but same commutes here. Currently driving to reserve in CLE and absolutely loving it. I can't even begin to describe the feeling of going to the employee lot and driving home not matter when you get in...
I've done the DTW-EWR commute, and, as I'm sure you know it's not bad. It has both the frequency and the equipment, but more importantly it has those early morning and late evening flights. I've looked at IAD for the same reason (I could hold a line there), but it doesn't have the early morning and late evening flights.
Some quick research on passrider shows the last (IAD-DTW) UA flight being at 1730ish, and the last DL flight at 1930ish.
Wait throw that all out. I just looked at DTW-EWR (haven't since the last time I commuted about 7 months ago) UA dropped back to ERJs! The horror! What happened to all the E-170s? Who screwed this up?! Was it you?!?
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