Originally Posted by
adspilot
Poor guy. I have been here about two years now and on RSV in DFW. I flew less than 30 hours last month and I got paid for almost 90 hours of flying. I can't remember the last time I did a 4 day trip. I am home an average of 23 nights out of the month. In all my time on reserve I have only had them once go outside the contract by junior manning me into a day off. Which worked out better for me because I was trying to pick up OT on that day anyways. I go to work when they call. I call in sick when I am sick. I really enjoy working here.
You have to admit though that the cumulative effect of flying about 350 hours/year isn't helping your competitive ranking with your peers who might be flying 800 at other regionals. It kind of puts one in the situation whereby the flow is really all there is as the odds of going elsewhere arguably substantially decrease since your peers at other regionals will have far more flight experience after X number of years and ostensibly be more competitive to LCC's and legacies as they DO hire regional F/O's. You DO realize you are falling behind from the get-go, yes ?
The whole point of flying at regionals for most, is building flight time for that next step in the ladder and Envoy sounds like it ranks poorly in that metric compared to many other regionals, with almost half the pilots on reserve sitting around most days smoking cigarettes and watch Captain Kangaroo. Although not the pilots fault really, additionally, other employers might perceive this as laziness as well and it could impede your future progress vs. those perceived as go-getters. Just something to consider anyway...............