Originally Posted by
own nav
Good post, Zippynh. This job can be 70 hours a week or 25, depending on your perspective.
If you only enjoy your hard time off, and just "kill time" on your layovers, you will likely hate this job.
Then again, if that is the case, why are you even a pilot in the first place? Get out and enjoy the places you visit, it's one of the perks of our career.
OwnNav,
curious about the downtime question. I'm sure it's highly dependent on specific location, etc, but how much down time is there during the day? Is there typically a 3-4 hour period where a person could do some on-line work?