Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
How often are people TDY'ed away from a home base and then fly the out and backs? No overnights - but not at home. Is that a norm or soething that we have only recently heard about on these boards?
For at least the past year TDY seems to be a way of life around here. The FL bases have been chronically short staffed and with all the training snafus it's been even worse. Plus last year LAX was a temporary TDY base for the summer and will be again this summer. And there's been mention of other seasonal TDY bases that they believe could be profitable. The TDYs for FL have typically come out of IWA and BLI although 17 pilots for March were TDYd from LAS to FL. There are some guys that have been TDYd away from base 8-10 of the last 12 months. Couple that with schedules that aren't very commutable, if at all, and have 11-12 days off that are spread out in 1 and 2 day blocks and it's pretty bad.