Originally Posted by
Flightsoffusion
Thanks RC, I think I understand most of that. Not much left for family as my kids are grown and gone and the wife is dying for me to go somewhere else for a while.
2 or 3 days off with a 3-4 in between, what does that mean? Is the Ejet the United side? American side? Both? How many trips a day average do you fly? Like I said, coming from 25 years flying helicopters for a living, I'm a noob on this side of the fense. Small simple words with ample explanations work best. Still, thank you for your time.
When you're a line holder you'll generally fly 3-4 days and then get 2-3 days off afterwards, rinse, repeat. You'll get a minimum of 11 days off a month, but more senior pilots can get more than that.
On reserve you'll be on call for a minimum of 2 days in a row up to a maximum of 6 days before getting some days off. Reserves get 11 days off a month, period, no more, no less.
The EJET only flies for United in IAH, along with 20 CRJ 700s based in IAD. All the CRJ900s are on the American side in DFW and PHX.
I think you're getting confused on terminology. In our world a trip is a 1-4 day stint of flying (those who live in base go for the 1-day trips for obvious reasons). How many legs/flights you fly in each day varies. On the EJET you fly 2-4 legs a day. The 4 leg days usually involve shorter flights and usually occur on either the first day of the trip or the last day.
Here's an example for a junior reserve FO on the EJET in May:
1-3 Reserve
4-5 Off
6-10 Reserve
11-12 Off
13-15 Reserve
16-20 Off
21-24 Reserve
25-26 Off
27-31 Reserve