Originally Posted by
PW4060
Would any JetSuite pilot please share if during the 8 days on crews ever return to base? For example if based in PBI would you fly PBI-TEB-PBI to be back home (if you live in base) for a night during the eight days on?
Also, what time does day one start? I assume if flying airline out to meet a company plane that airline out would never start before the 8 days on? Also, is the last day on back in base before midnight? Thanks for any info.
If you get back to base mid-rotation, it is sheer dumb luck. They do not move empty planes to get pilots home.
I had Day 1 start as early as 0500, but never the day before. Sometimes you might be on a Noon airline flight, or rarely catching a live leg out of base. As for getting home, there is no promise they will even get you home on the last day. One of the reasons I don't work there anymore is their poor track record in that regard. I airlined home on my first day off several times in 2015 (with pay for the day, but still...)