[quote=SkyHigh;155095]
Originally Posted by
fly-efi
I love flying and miss it dearly everyday. I have the flight experience you mentioned but man that schedule would be ruff. I had a job like that and remember a time when I had to leave a cart full of groceries while waiting in line because my pager went off. I could never get more than 30 minutes away from the airport, couldn't go to a movie, couldn't take a long walk. Everything I did had to be accomplished within 30 minutes of arrival at my airport. It is like being on reserve 24/7
I have a similar opportunity at a a former employer however they only pay LJ35 captains 45K. FO's make much less.
SKyHigh
The on call thing is never fun. We staff each aircraft with three pilots so the QOL is a little better than you describe. Immediate trips are few and far between. The schedule is pretty predictible as pilots can see which aircraft is flying when on the web-based system that we have in place. 45K is what we start F/O's at in our entry level aircraft (LR35, Hawker, LR60).