Originally Posted by
HPIC
What are the typical lines out of ANC these days? ... Are they normally 17 day lines that only require commuting once a month? How realistic is it, for a newhire, to get back to back lines, thus essentially working 34 on/28 off?
I'd say impossible. Of the 96 lines in the Jan bid package only 25 were 30 day lines. Even most of the 30 day lines were broken up into two trips. Some short ANC-HKG-ANC or ANC-OSN-ANC four day trips with a week off and another 12 days. You'd have to get a 17 straight trip starting around the 13th followed by a 17 day trip starting around the second. Remember that some of the flag flight time limits are based on a rolling 30 day calendar and not straight calendar months.