What is your ideal schedule? And who offers it?
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typhoonpilot
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Ideal would be 5 on 10 off. Work 10 days a month and have 20 off. Could sometimes have 10 at the end of one month and then 10 at the beginning of the next month. Those 5 days were all day time out and back as well. Left around 10am, back at 7-8pm. Could get a good work out in the morning and even play softball in the evening.
I had that for awhile at a charter airline on the MD-87. Could do about 70 hours of flying/month on that schedule. Actually got bored enough to pick up trips in some of the other bases on occasion. Having 10 days off in a row all the time leads to spending a lot of money traveling/playing.
Typhoonpilot
I had that for awhile at a charter airline on the MD-87. Could do about 70 hours of flying/month on that schedule. Actually got bored enough to pick up trips in some of the other bases on occasion. Having 10 days off in a row all the time leads to spending a lot of money traveling/playing.
Typhoonpilot
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
Well, as scheduled, that's actually what I had this last week.
NickH
Uber Driver
We are 20/10 FW EMS. It's a good schedule for me. I try to pick up extra days, so this month will be 26/5. Sounds like a lot, but it's on call from home. I've been working today since 4am. Sitting on my couch with the GF making me coffee... I get to watch my cartoons almost every Saturday.
ppragman
FLIPY FLAPS!
Yes...but $?
TwoTwoLeft
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Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
fender_jag
Well-Known Member
Based at home (how nice that would be), max credit, day trips, weekends off, and NO CDOs!
In other words, just about the opposite of now.
In other words, just about the opposite of now.
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
Based at home (how nice that would be), max credit, day trips, weekends off, and NO CDOs!
In other words, just about the opposite of now.
Fly safe.
fender_jag
Well-Known Member
RogerMurdock
New Member
I'll definitely check that out as I won't deny that I am unhappy with my current situation. I love flying and am trying to find the right course to take to achieve an all around good QOL; a light at the end of the tunnel so to speak. Helicopters seem to have better pay, better schedules, and better QOL, but as I've mentioned I don't see myself as a helicopter pilot necessarily.
I have the "work to live" mentality and I'm trying to see if fixed wing has any diamonds in the rough that coincide with large chunks of working followed by large chunks of time off. I have family all around the country and have an interest in traveling the world, so 2 weeks of work followed by 2 weeks of off time (or 7/7) would fit the bill quite nicely.
EMS seems to offer those schedules but it seems as though the fixed wing is extremely rare.
ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
Right now I have a three week on, one week off schedule. I enjoy it, but I will be bidding two on/two off down the road.
SeanD
Well-Known Member
Whoa, only 7 days off a month doing Alaska flying? I bet youre racking up the hours though.
ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
It usually ends up being closer to 10 days. I fly anywhere between 60 and 80 hours per month. Now that I have the Nome base I will be flying more.
A Life Aloft
Well-Known Member
You are out of Nome now?
What an ugly overcrowded, smog filled, freeway messed up, gazillion highrise, crime filled.........oh wait....that's L.A. lol
So that's your view when you land...........sigh. Beautiful. Man, you are going to freeze your giblets off in the winter though. Pretty close to the Arctic circle isn't it?? Post some damn photos over in from the road already!!!
