Home every night...

If you want weekends off and nights at home you are severely limiting your options and those companies that do have those positions are few and far between. You are pretty much going to have to stick to corporate and a few freight companies. Just remember there are no guarantees in this business. If the boss wants to go out at 2am you better answer your cell.
 
I don't know about other airlines' lines, but mine has 3 or 4 lines with day trips (having your trip end at your home base). If you're senior enough to hold them, you'd be home every night. Some even have weekends off, again, if you can hold it. There might be sacrifice required before you can hold said lines, but itt's definitely possibly, depending on the airline.

Jtsastre
 
I'm home everyday (do a 7-8 hour overnight at the outstation) at your neighborhood FedEx feeder. There are a few airlines that are homebased, where you'll be home while not on a trip and they airline you out (Omni comes to mind.)
 
Are you okay with never making more than 50k in a year until you retire? If not then expect to be gone ALOT!! Allegient is probably the only one that you could make more than that and do locals.....if you are willing to live and move for whatever base they have at that time. 99% of all flying jobs that pay more than 50k will have you on the road ALL the time.....don't let the bedbugs bite.
 
Most Fedex Feeders and cargo ops only work Mon-Fri and have weekends off. But expect not to make more then 50k flying caravans and props.
 
CirrusMonkey said:
Is that La Grande Oregon?
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Yup

BrewMaster said:
Just starting pilot career + already concerned about having nights and weekends off = bitterness, frustration and regret...

That's fine if you just want to know what direction to go, but you should be spending time researching the FARs at the moment, not researching which pilot jobs will have nights and weekends off. Right now, the industry is in a bit of an upswing, but it really isn't as good as it sounds. Most of the flight schools are warning of a pilot shortage. Garbage. The airlines right now are getting thousands of resumes. All the jobs that are corporate or more geared towards being home every night are even harder to come across.

All I can say is network, network, network. That will be the best way for you to try and find that "perfect" job. If you want to fly, then fly and be willing to be gone for days at a time. Let the rest fall into place. Best of luck.
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Well by just starting my career I mean I'm in ground school hoping to land my first job. My general idea was to see what all the different types of jobs have to offer. Always good to understand exactly what you are getting into...

Does anyone have information on the schedules for captain at the regionals or majors? Do any have regular routes, routes that end at home, or weekends off once you get some seniority? Again I'm just trying to get an idea of what different jobs have to offer in the industry.
 
ashinsel said:
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Well by just starting my career I mean I'm in ground school hoping to land my first job. My general idea was to see what all the different types of jobs have to offer. Always good to understand exactly what you are getting into...

Does anyone have information on the schedules for captain at the regionals or majors? Do any have regular routes, routes that end at home, or weekends off once you get some seniority? Again I'm just trying to get an idea of what different jobs have to offer in the industry.
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Have you thought about becoming an astronaut?
 
Long story short, if your ultimate goal is to be home nightly, I would heavily advise against a career in aviation.
 
Doug Taylor said:
Long story short, if your ultimate goal is to be home nightly, I would heavily advise against a career in aviation.
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Yup! I'm on day 6 on the road, and still have a trip to the sandbox and back starting tomorrow night. All in all, about a 14 day trip. I'd love to be home every night like I used to be, but I also don't want to be banging around flying SPIFR until I retire (and I really enjoyed SPIFR!).
 
ashinsel said:
Yup



Well by just starting my career I mean I'm in ground school hoping to land my first job. My general idea was to see what all the different types of jobs have to offer. Always good to understand exactly what you are getting into...

Does anyone have information on the schedules for captain at the regionals or majors? Do any have regular routes, routes that end at home, or weekends off once you get some seniority? Again I'm just trying to get an idea of what different jobs have to offer in the industry.
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What ground school are you in? Here's a question, what is your ultimate goal in aviation? I ask because it seems like having weekends off and being at home at night is a top priority for you, and you're only shooting for your first job right now. You're going to be away from home, A LOT, and if you really think that you'll have a good paying job even 2 or 3 years down the road that keeps you home at night and home on the weekends, your in for a serious disappointment unless you're just THAT lucky. One of my best friends father who is a corporate pilot described our job perfectly. He said "We are paid to be gone", and I think that's the simplest and most accurate way to describe this job.

If you're into law enforcment you could always become a cop with an airwing and hope to fly their helicopters/fixed wing aircraft. That might not have you at home during nights or weekends, but you'll be home everyday.
 
jspeed87 said:
Most Fedex Feeders and cargo ops only work Mon-Fri and have weekends off. But expect not to make more then 50k flying caravans and props.
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The old guy in ABI was making almost 80k when he retired on the van last year, granted he was one of the first 208B pilots in the world.

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You could try for the milk run at Alaska Air. But like anything else, I would imagine that requires a significant amount of seniority.
 
ASpilot2be said:
:yeahthat: Expect to put in some very very long days though. Right for example a Lear crew is going ANC-FAI-SIT-BFI-ANC. That is like a 12-14 hour day I think.
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True. But it can be hit and miss. Some days people don't have flights, other days, its maxing duty time. And with some operators, you can be on call at home.
 
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