Originally Posted by
Sirecks
Jerry, as a new guy, I was strictly speaking about the time spent away from home. That's all. The actual flying schedule.
I don't know enough (surely, don't know half as much as you guys do) about this business yet. So I don't want to act like I do. I'm really desiring to learn, and to see what this business is all about. I wouldn't dare debate on the issues you brought up. I actually don't disagree with what you said. However, I didn't mean anything deeper than what I said about scheduling.
As far as my time spent away from my family, I still stand by what I said is best for me and my family . . . . . . so far.
Plenty of legacies where you can be home 20+/mo. Don't need to be a super senior pilot either. Or you can go work 17/mo there and make almost double what you would here. As an example, a Delta 717 FO on 3rd year pay makes more at guarantee than a 7th year FO at Atlas, plus they have over 15% retirement contribution.
As we know domestic flying is boring, but math doesn't lie. Then taking into account scheduling rules, they may only fly 12 days. Way more money and time at home. Then you could always bid an international seat and grab long trips that still give you more time off in a chunk than you have here.