Originally Posted by
Fookz92
We are in the exact same boat here. Management company tells us the only guaranteed days off are the 14 PTO days a year. We were running with 6 pt91 dry leases for the past year. 350hours just that alone for the owner and his family.
We were just 135 official 2 weeks ago. They say minimal charter but we will see. So, when do I have my 13 guaranteed days off now? Did you get your defined 13 off? When no trips are on the calendar and just sitting at home?
Its not the flight hours that hurt this job. I dont mind 350-400 a year. The days on the road is what hurts. On a 9 day trip now and a 15 day trip at the end of this month. Management company doesn't see an issue with it
We are never sure when our days off are. The 135 DO expects us on call for 14 hours EVERY day, though we are never sure when that 14 starts or ends. As far as the required days off go, the DO will go back and count any day we didn't fly as "time off" even though we were on call, which isn't technically legal per part 135