Originally Posted by
THEKERNALKLINK
Nothing quite like sitting around a hotel room for 2 days straight for $2/hr... maybe you can pick the bed bugs out of the mattress and invent a new delicacy?
That must be way better than making 500k/yr to fly a 7-3 12-14 days per month.
BUT, your airplane is bigger than mine, I'll give you that much.
I did the ACMI flying, at K4. They once airline-ed me to Dubai because they needed crews in position. I ended up sitting in a hotel for 16 days and didn't fly a single trip. I'll take 3 day/4 day trips over 16 days away from home, and potentially not breaking guarantee. It's a no brainer.
The ACMI lifestyle is for a small segment of the pilot population. I'm glad there are people hungry for the adventure of ACMI but there definitely is a 3 year breaking point. At 3 years you either love it, or hate it.