Originally Posted by
PRS Guitars
Yes, mostly shuttle flying, but I like that. I have a 1 hour bladder, so it works out perfectly for me. Also, I'm used to flying 1 hour sorties and enjoy flying to BOS, LGA and DCA. As for movement, I'm consistently 25 or so numbers worse in reality vs on the permanent bids. Here is how it has worked out.
6 weeks training in PHX/CLT
About three weeks for OE (including time off)
2 months short call
2 months long call
2 months secondary (got good lines both times, and good to me is days off not hours when I'm making only $40 per hour)
--Primary line with a few below me (but still awarded one of my top 30 lines, all same day commutable on both ends, though I'm conservative and fly out the night before).
So, from DOH, about 6 months to a secondary, 8 to a primary. My DCA and CLT classmates were on short call reserve my first month holding a primary. And my PHL AB classmates were on Long call reserve at that time.
At a legacy airline you like 4-5 legs PER day over a four day trip in the busiest most congested airports while waiting 30-60 min for flow on the ground for each leg with **** weather and too much chatter on the radio, not to mention a cramped cockpit, and extremely uncomfortable seats? No wonder so many people are calling in fatigued these days for the shuttle 190 flying. The 5 leg days need to stop.