Originally Posted by
Lgregory2915
I'm guessing this wheel is already round, but I'm not having any luck searching the archives.
Could anyone point me to any old threads about a typical new hire lifestyle? If that's too vague, what I'm really interested in is knowing what a typical month looks like, some actual real life examples of folks who commute. I know there are infinite variables at hand...just wondering how those first couple/few years look. Fly a week on then week off? Couple days here and there? If you live at domicile you home every day? If you commute or don't hold a line are you typically crashing at the same location or does it change? Does commuting add a day on one or both ends of your trip? Etc...etc.
No irrelevant replies. Thanks for any input.
As a New hire at Nippon Cargo you can expect your guaranteed ten days off plus a few blank days. Real life depends on your domicile, ORD, LAX, JFK. Which one are you?
If you live in domicile it's impossible to be home every day.
Almost everyone commutes, and no one holds "lines". We bid hard days off, either in a block of ten or two smaller blocks. And yes, commuting adds days away from home, especially for ORD pilots.
Hope that wasn't too irrelevant.