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You’ll also enjoy rolling rest, an interesting concept of maintenance and flexible rules. I personally wouldn’t take that step if a major airline was my goal. Not because it’s undoable, but because it’s unnecessary. What was once a very good place to hang your hat it now Flight Options with lipstick.
Originally Posted by FNGFO
I don’t think you understand how hard you’ll be working for whatever they say you’ll make this year. You’ll probably fly 5-700 hours a year at Flex, but you’ll be cleaning, stocking, doing lavs and throwing bags an additional 5-700 hours, and it’ll be more like 1000 if you do it well. So if spending a month of your life each year hunched over servicing the cabin of a Phenom sounds like what you dreamed about in aviation then go hard after it. You’ll also enjoy rolling rest, an interesting concept of maintenance and flexible rules. I personally wouldn’t take that step if a major airline was my goal. Not because it’s undoable, but because it’s unnecessary. What was once a very good place to hang your hat it now Flight Options with lipstick.
Is this really a thing at Flex? I thought no FSDO in the free world allowed that anymore, not even YIP.