Originally Posted by
Xdashdriver
On reserve you are required to be at the aircraft within 90 minutes of being notified of the flight assignment. Where you are when you receive the notification is up to you. Most will rent a bed in a crashpad or rent a house/apartment with a few other pilots. Hotels get to be expensive on reserve if they don't use you much. You can figure on around $60 all-in per night at the discounted rate for hotels. Crashpads run around the $250 a month mark I think. It's been a while since I was in a crashpad. You can see how more than 4 nights a month in a hotel will make the crashpad more financially viable.
Absolutely, so I can see where it would make more sense to be out on the road on their dime instead of sitting in a hotel on yours. Especially if you have to commute. Amazed at how you guys do it the first year. even if the asset/liability issue zeroed out it may be doable but it almost seems that I would be paying out of savings to make it work. And I can live lite! Appreciate your responses. I've always wanted to do the airline route but was sidetracked 25 years ago with the swing wing thing. No regrets, it raised my kids well. Just trying to figure out if, at my age, it makes sense to start an airline career. Be safe out there!