Is it hard to get one day trips?
10-23-2014, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Melissa2832
I heard at Delta, its easy to get one day trips where you're home every night because most people commute...is that true?
10-23-2014, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by gearcrankr
Consider flying boxes. While at DHL I flew home 90% of my 10 year stint. 68 hour weekend layovers were awesome. But like everything else in aviation, enjoy it while it lasts. Good luck in your career.
10-23-2014, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by hemaybedid
I'm curious why you stated you worked at DHL. I've talked to pilots and non pilots who have mentioned working at DHL as a possibility. Always required some explanation. Never talked to a pilot who claimed to work at DHL. Unless ofcourse you are german.
10-24-2014, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Et tu Bluto
Probably because he did work at DHL. Before the Germans purchased it, DHL Airways was a nice little airline flying DC8s, 727s, A300s and even Bell JetRangers. About 540 pilots at their peak. These days, to fly "for DHL" means taking a job with one of the many ACMI carriers that provide their lift in North America.
10-24-2014, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
It varies from base to base at DL- if you live in NYC, the day trips go fairly junior since it's mostly commuters. On the ATL 737, the senior day trip FOs can hold widebody captain.
My category in ATL has quite a few commuters, so at just over half way back, I was able to drop/swap my way to a line more like someone much senior to me... ending up typically with only 4-5 nights away from home.
My category in ATL has quite a few commuters, so at just over half way back, I was able to drop/swap my way to a line more like someone much senior to me... ending up typically with only 4-5 nights away from home.
Yep. In LAX they mostly go senior, but some make it pretty far down the seniority list. Many LAX pilots live outside of the "easy drive zone" which is basically limited to those with RVs in the parking lot.
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10-24-2014, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Et tu Bluto
Probably because he did work at DHL. Before the Germans purchased it, DHL Airways was a nice little airline flying DC8s, 727s, A300s and even Bell JetRangers. About 540 pilots at their peak. These days, to fly "for DHL" means taking a job with one of the many ACMI carriers that provide their lift in North America.
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