Day to day on a regional?
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Skinnah
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Re: Skywest answers. . .
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My airline "Oustation Bases" which means all of our aircraft and crews are at an outstation. We end up flying the first flight into the hub each day. The up side is, if you live in base, you're home every night. That is a very nice thing if you have a family at your base.
We have morning and afternoon trips. We are also one of a few stations in the company with 2 airplanes. We fly two different runs (New York and Washington-National).
Our morning trips start within 10 minutes of each other. If you get NY, its a 0520 show, 4 legs with a Providence turn in the middle and you're home by 1300. If you get DC, its a 0530 show, 6 legs with a GSO turn in the middle and you're home by 1500. You can imagine that's a long day.
Our afternoon trips are similar. Our NY trip starts at 1220, has 4 legs with a Nantucket turn in the middle, and you're home by 2200, maybe (NY is notorious for Flow Control Delays). The DC trip starts at 1425, has 2 round-trips to DC and you're home by 2100. That one is a piece of cake. (I'm doing it all month)
Basically, you're home every night, except for the junior folks that get our one overnight a week. It used to be in New York, but this month, it's in Manassas, VA. Oh well.
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Hey ERfly, who do you fly for?
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My airline "Oustation Bases" which means all of our aircraft and crews are at an outstation. We end up flying the first flight into the hub each day. The up side is, if you live in base, you're home every night. That is a very nice thing if you have a family at your base.
We have morning and afternoon trips. We are also one of a few stations in the company with 2 airplanes. We fly two different runs (New York and Washington-National).
Our morning trips start within 10 minutes of each other. If you get NY, its a 0520 show, 4 legs with a Providence turn in the middle and you're home by 1300. If you get DC, its a 0530 show, 6 legs with a GSO turn in the middle and you're home by 1500. You can imagine that's a long day.
Our afternoon trips are similar. Our NY trip starts at 1220, has 4 legs with a Nantucket turn in the middle, and you're home by 2200, maybe (NY is notorious for Flow Control Delays). The DC trip starts at 1425, has 2 round-trips to DC and you're home by 2100. That one is a piece of cake. (I'm doing it all month)
Basically, you're home every night, except for the junior folks that get our one overnight a week. It used to be in New York, but this month, it's in Manassas, VA. Oh well.
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Hey ERfly, who do you fly for?
