Originally Posted by JaxUAviator

So I'm curious...how's the schedule at AirWis for someone who lives in base?Much better than commuting but thats the same as it is everywhere. What about for someone who commutes? 90% of trips are commutable on one endWhat is the length of most trips (how many days)?Most trips are 4 days. LGA does have some day trips and two and three day trips but for the most part the majority is 4 days Are there a lot of turns?On a four day therell probaly be one or two days where you fly 6 legs. How much flexibility do you have in your scheduling (i.e. how hard is it to drop trips on days you don't want to fly and pick up trips on your days off)?I'm on reserve so I really can't answer that except from hearsay...and it is possible occassionally to drop your last turn to make it commutable but its uncommon to drop an entire trip How long does one generally stay on reserve?ORF-Less than a year, LGA-one year, DCA-year and a half ish, PHL I havent even looked but i do believe its 2+ years at the least How is the schedule for a typical reserve guy (again how easy or hard is it to drop/pick up reserve days)?This really depends...I've had very good luck to be honest. I constantly request to swap days with myself and all things considered I have a probaly 60% success rate and that includes trying to trade weekend days for week days. It just really depends on all the variables but again...I'm just one person who has had good luck. As far as Reserve QOL...its not that terrible. Reserve starts at either 430 or 1000. I get about half and half on day one. So half the time I'm able to easily commute to work on Day 1 rather than the day before. Noon is the earliest on go home day to get released and I've had very good luck almost always getting home on go home day rather than the day after. Reserve is typically 5 on 3 off

I know these are a lot of questions, but I'm trying to get a good feel for what the QOL is like in regards to the typical pilot's schedule.

Thanks!