Originally Posted by
aTomatoFlames
Depending on the run expect to be away from from home 12hrs a day M-F. Currently I wake up in the morning fly to my destination and hangout for 4-6 hours and fly back. My days are about 11hrs from when I leave home and get back to it. Though, there are a few runs where you may be away from home all week.
Originally Posted by
colonials13
Thanks aTomatoFlames! Are those away-from-home-all-week runs more the exception than the rule? Basically what I'm trying to gauge is, would u say u have a good QOL?
A big part of that depends on where your home is. Most small package runs (UPS particularly but some DHL as well) are out stationed. In other words, the run starts and ends the week away from the base. Example; your out station is San Angelo, TX. On Monday evening you show up at the airport and fly freight into San Antonio. You spend the night at the layover apartment and show back up at the airport to take freight back out in the morning. Repeat the cycle through either Friday or Saturday morning. So if you actually move to the outstation (which is preferred by the company) then you are actually off at home every day.