Originally Posted by
biigD
Let's say you're working for an on-demand charter company. You wake up one lazy morning at 9am, drink a pot of coffee while dicking around on the internet, and hang out with the wife all day. At 7pm you get a call from the company. How quickly can you reposition the airplane to XXX, then take four passengers to San Jose, Costa Rica?
It takes me 1.5 hours to get the airplane in the air to XXX, another .5 to XXX, a half an hour to board my passengers, then another 5.5 to Costa Rica. That has me landing at 3am. I've been up 18 hours..
Thats a life/job choice most of us knew about ahead of time when we took the job. That describes 90% of trips at fantasy company. Thats on me, my choice. What gets me going is the excuse I hear from pushy crew schedulers (121) that its legal, you must do it. Just because its legal, doesnt make it safe.