Originally Posted by
ju10489
It just depends on the operations that day. You might get a day trip, an overnight, or nothing. There is just no rules. You’ll get your 4 commuter hotels, that could help.
Some months you’ll be flying, some months you’ll just sit at the airport or home (if you’re lucky), doing nothing.
IMO coming to Envoy just for the left seat and commuting to reserve is foolish and not sustainable. If you take the immediate upgrade you’ll be sitting at the bottom of the list for a long time. That means, a lot of calls from crew scheduling to either fly or sit airport standby.
I’ve done it 7 months, and it was rough, I thought about quitting many times..
Good luck!
Thanks!
Fortunately I wouldn't be commuting, I could drive to JFK. That being said, it still sounds awful. The alternative is staying put where I've been downgraded to CQF with no left seat time in sight while we are at the same time hemorrhaging pilots (junior to me).