Originally Posted by
Chupacabras
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.
That is true at YOUR regional but not true at all. I have friends on reserve at various regionals and they hardly get used at all. Other regionals, you'll be on reserve a short period of time and be holding a line relatively shortly following IOE. It also depends on which base you go to. To say that all regionals will have you 18-19 days away from home is actually ridiculous. Even if you have a brutal contract which allows you to be away from domicile for 6 days straight, you'll only overnight 5 of those days. As an absolute WORST case scenario, assuming you fly 18 days, you'll be at home and in your bed an additional 3 nights. That means, at the very least, if you don't commute, you'll be in your bed 14 nights each month. That number goes up if you end up back in domicile more.
As an example, next month I have 12 days off and will be in my bed 20 nights. That doesn't take into consideration that on 4 of my trips, I'll be home before 11 am.