Originally Posted by
HeavyIronDad
Many thanks to everyone for providing first-person information vs. the rumors, half-truths and just plain nonsense common to other threads.
Three questions, please:
1. What is the difference between gateway cities and home basing? A recruiter recently assured me JSX has home basing, but I am skeptical, based on what I read here.
2. IslandHop estimates only 2-3 overnights per 8 days; it sounds like a commuter would be on the hook for his own hotel 4 - 5 nights each week. Are there any patterns that tend to include more overnight hotels? Or is it a total crapshoot?
3. QOL: I am not afraid of working hard, but I might balk at more than 1 (or 2?) 14-hour days in one 8 day rotation. Is that common? Or are long days usually followed by long breaks? That would help a lot.
thanks in advance!
If these questions were for the X side it seems like the X guys got you covered...
As for inc...
1-P300/100 bases
The airports included are:
KATL
KBNA
KBOS
KBWI
KCLT
KEWR
KFLL
KIAD
KJFK/ KLGA
KMCO
KMIA
KPBI
KPHL
KRSW
KTEB
KTPA
KDFW
KDEN
KIAH
KLAS
KLAX/ KBUR
KOAK
KONT
KPHX
KSAN
KSAT
KSDL
KSEA
KSJC
KSLC
KSNA
KVNY
You are positive spaced to and from the aircraft to your home plus you keep all the airline miles (I havent paid for an airline ticket for personal since hired here with all the miles I get per year)
2- you might have gotten me confused with someone else, I dont remember ever sayin that.
Since inc basically operates to any airport in the US, CAN, MEX and the Caribbean overnights at home are random. If you live in a place like or near SOCAL,NORCAL, LAS, PHX, TEB your chances for an overnight in base increase exponentially.
3-on average I would say you work 2-3 12 hr days per month. That being said I have had months with 7 12 hr days and some with none for example in November which is a busy month, I had 3. Keep in mind the company recognizes the additional strain of a 12 hr day therefore they pay an additional 100$ long day bonus for each. And operations asks how you are feeling about a 12 hr day prior to assigning it. At any time were the mission cannot be completed safely by either crew member a non punitive fatigue management program is honored by the company.