Depends on the company and seniority. Also, do you plan to live in domicile or are you going to commute to work....this makes a huge difference.

You will be guaranteed 8-12 days off per month, depending on airline and whether you are on reserve (reserve usually gets less days off).

If you commute, some of your days off will be used on that.

If you live in domicile, and are on reserve, then that is time at home unless you are called to work (might be often, might be never).

If you can hold a hard line, some of these are built around 3-4 day trips where you stay in a hotel in another town. These are prefered by commuters.

Some hard lines have lots of day trips (or night trips) that return to base at the end of each shift. This is more like a 9-5 job (but it might be 9PM - 5am LOL). Commuters don't like these because they need a crash pad or hotel.

What I described above applies to RJ's. Most turboprops fly between 6 am - midnight and return home each night. There are a lot of variables including company, base, equipment, and time of year (reserve gets pretty quite in January when travel slows down and all the guys who timed out in DEC come back to work.)


Typical Schedule:
Hard Line: 3-4 days on, 3-4 days off (sometimes you can bid days off back-to-back to get 6-8 days off in a row)
Reserve: 5-6 days on, 2-3 days off.