Question for Airline Pilots

[Kingairer]

4 day at the regionals...

DAy 1
STL-BOS
BOS-STL
STL-MSP

DAy2
MSP-STL
STL-CMH

Day 3
CMH-STL
STL-IAD
IAD-STL
STL-ORF

Day 4
ORF-STL

 

[Mr_Creepy]

That's all? No 8 and 9 leg days? Or two 11 leg days in a row?

My TWO day trips:

Day 1
PFN-MCO
MCO-PFN
PFN-VPS
VPS-PFN
PFN-TPA
TPA-MTH
MTH-FLL
FLL-MTH

Day 2
MTH-FLL
FLL-MTH
MTH-TPA
TPA-PFN
PFN-VPS
VPS-PFN
PFN-MCO (3 hr sit)
MCO-PFN

Total flight time 15.8 hrs (scheduled)
Duty time each day 14.2 hrs


Here's another:

Day 1
MCO-PBI
PBI-MCO
MCO-TPA
TPA-APF
APF-TPA
TPA-APF
APF-TPA
TPA-APF
APF-TPA
TPA-MCO
MCO-JAX

Day 2
JAX-MCO
MCO-PBI
PBI-MCO
MCO-TPA
TPA-APF
APF-TPA
TPA-APF
APF-TPA
TPA-APF
APF-TPA
TPA-MCO

Scheduled for 15.8 hrs (always took 17+ to do it)

Duty each day 15.8 hrs

Anyway, Kingairer I see you fly for TSA?

 

[agcatman]

[ QUOTE ]
Boring? Well, not really. It does get repetitive, when you fly a route and know what frequency will be next and when you should switch over ("why haven't we switched to approach yet?").

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This is why I chose to crop dust. The work is NEVER the same from day to day and it is a multi-disciplined profession, i.e. aviation, agriculture, etc. Keeps it fresh every flight, but yeah, it still gets tiring sometimes.

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I do love flying, but this is also work now.

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You ever heard the old saying "the best way to f*** up a hobby is to get paid for it"?

 

[Mr_Creepy]

You don't have to be so graphic about it.

Here's a G rated version: "Never make your vacation your vocation!"

 

[IrishSheepdog]

I like this one better:

"The secret to life is to make your hobby your job, and to marry your best friend."

It may be work now, but it still beats working.

 

[FL270]

Speaking from the corporate side, sure it gets "routine" from time to time ... but routine is a good thing ... like Jim said, boring means things are going well.

Flying is always fun, but it is still a job and has its good moments and bad like any other job. Still, I always tell people that one of the reasons I'm a pilot is because "otherwise I'd have to work for a living!"

Russ