Originally Posted by
RI830
Wiz,
I'm not really sure what your looking for here.
I have a wife and 3 kiddos at home (7,5,3) too!
The family is very important!
As for the Sked....the 12/3 is built upon being in and out of base during your 12 days. You will have time where you can have multi day trips in a row or 2 day back to backs or a 3-4 day tossed in.
It varies upon the client trip requests. The thing to understand is that we spent nights at home during the 12. There are times where we get stretched out in other bases sometimes. That's the nature of the beast. The key is that scheduling and managment eyeballs are on your Sked and will find ways to get you home if something goes haywire.
To ask what is a typical Sked is impossible to define.
One guy might do 6 day trips, 3 standby at home days and a 3 day while another guys might to three 3 days and 3 standby at home days during his. Scheduling tries their best to even the load so everyone gets the most nights at home. Each 12 day rotation is different from the last.
Thanks for the reply. I guess I am just trying to compare it to the airlines that I am currently flying. Wondering if you could maybe post your last 12 days on, looking to see how it lays out; start and end times on the day trips, how long the layovers tend to be, and if you end up sitting at the fbo during those day trips. I am new to this line of flying but really interested in doing it. I am more of a personal person and would like to work with clients on a one on one basis. Thanks for the help. Just trying to see how this life style would be like. I hope I am making sense.
Also what are all the bases that one can be hired into? Thanks again.