Originally Posted by
Packrat
I guess that depends upon your airline. At our place, the Chief Pilot flies as much, if not more than a line Captain. Unless, of course, he's in the Sim doing instructing/checking or doing line checks.
Where our line guys either get 3 days off a week or are on a 16/14 homebased schedule, the CP is on 6 days a week only getting a break because CS has to give him the regulatory 7th day free of company duty.
Common enough for CP's to be the "reserve of last resort". They can be "on call" 24/7 since they're not "officially" on call. Of course they know they won't stay a CP for too long if they blow off CS when it needs them, that's understood but not official.