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I got the base i wanted and a 13 hour duty day in a month. Like Lloyd said it all depends on how flexible you are, but they really work with you here to get you where you want to be.
 
moxiepilot said:
how easy / hard is it to land a route with a 14 hour duty day? at $10/hr thats the only way to make $35k
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Flexibility, flexibility, flexibility!!!!

I landed one in just over a month. flyboy04 made it closer to home inside of a month, but I'm pushing 6 months, and still not in my first-choice base. You take it how it comes, or don't take it at all!
 
moxiepilot said:
how easy / hard is it to land a route with a 14 hour duty day? at $10/hr thats the only way to make $35k
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I lucked out and got a 14 hour duty day as soon as I got to my perm. base (after doing some TDY). Then I hung on to it for over a year! Surprisingly, there is not as much competition for those runs as I thought. Like Lloyd said, flexibility is the key. And persistence!
 
so i'm hearing you guys say that it is possible to get a 14 hour run shortly after employment, if you're willing to work it; which would get you into the $30k range, right?

thx
 
moxiepilot said:
so i'm hearing you guys say that it is possible to get a 14 hour run shortly after employment, if you're willing to work it; which would get you into the $30k range, right?

thx
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It is POSSIBLE. It all depends.

I'm amazed that I didn't have to fight for the run that I have. I literally sit on my a$$ the entire day, from about 0700 until 1600. I do NOTHING in that time!!! Ask wildfreightess about it - she used to fly this run (before she got all fancy in the Baron . . . :) ). It's the DREAM RUN.

But, if you speak to some of the other CPS pilots, they'll say that they can't stand doing nothing, and that they'd rather fly for 8 hours per day, or some other God-Awful crap. So, I didn't even have to bargain to get this one - it just happened!
 
Yeah Lloyd has it pretty well, but i know hed leave in a heartbeat for nashville or a baron though, and whoevers there in training or wanting that run, itll be there. I fly 7 legs which with about 4 horus of flyin so i sit on my ass 9 hours of the day, pretty nice. I dont know how im gonna deal with not having a 4 to 5 hour lunch break everyday when I leave here.
 
We still have Atlanta bases for those who wanted to know. That is straight from the dispatch board. Final exam tomorrow so I gotta go study.

Will
 
Just an update from Orlando. Lloyd you were right about that final. It's definitely a tough test if you didn't read Austin's stuff prior to class. There were two in my class. I scored slightly higher on the test so I had the seniority among the two of us. That in fact did not affect the bases really since we both wanted very different things. My classmate got LUK as a base which is exactly what he wanted as he has a home and family there. The DO couldn't narrow down where I am going to go exactly but assured me it will probably be a rotational assignement out of either Tampa or Orlando, which I am quite happy with either. Well I start flight training next week so I have to study the flows.

Will
 
Passed my checkride! Absolutely no surprises at all on this one. It did take 9 duty hours to complete though thanks to a minor mx issue, then having ti put down in SFB twice courtesy of weather. I start flying the line outta TPA on Monday. I hope I don't screw up!

Will
 
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