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Old 02-12-2017 | 06:41 AM
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citationdrvrmob
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My strategy (so far):

Last day at home: 0500 wake up, coffee coffee coffee until noon. 3.5hr drive to Memphis, dinner, sleep room. Lights out no later than 8pm with a :20 prior wake up call setup. Wake up call, coffee, check the release on my phone, look for friends to chat with, head to the computer to meet the captain about :05 prior to showtime. Airplane stuff, COFFEE, land. Breakfast and sleep with no alarm. Wake up and late lunch, coffee, go for a run, dinner and get ready to fly back. No more coffee after 2 or 3pm so I can sleep 2-3hrs in the sleep room during the turn, then repeat from the wake up call ad nauseum. Arrive back to MEM on the last day around 11pm and go to crashpad or hotel and sleep until 7 or 8 am and drive home.

If I jumpseat in I'll work it differently. Get up at 0500 and help the family get ready and out the door, go back to sleep from 0700-1000 and then catch a 2-3hr nap in the sleep room that night. I'll then stalk open time for a trip on the last day that has a backend deadhead that will get me home instead of J/S home (J/S home is no different than another hub turn, and I'll get home and crash until 2pm which I no longer want).
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