Originally Posted by
CBreezy
I don't commute and it really isn't all that terrible. On reserve, as long as you aren't airport reserve, you spend a lot of time home with the family. If you figure that you have 11 days off a month, you'll be in your bed an additional 4-6 days on the last days of reserve/trips at a minimum. Contracts vary as well. For some regionals, it is a stipulation that you cannot spend more than 4 consecutive nights out of domicile.
Given how short the regionals are on pilots now, you will be flying on reserve. The shorter airlines are on pilot, the more reserves they will have. You will be looking at 11 days off, 10 at some regionals. That means they will be flying you the other 19-20 days of the month. Again, as they are short on pilots and will be for the forceable future, you may not be just sitting at home like some of us got accustomed to-they will fly you a lot. Im seeing this now as a 4 year reserve, being used every single day, spending 18-19 nights away from home. This is the new reality in the ugly regional industry.