Originally Posted by
navy1998
So my question is this, assuming living in base with a 30-45 min commute, is it better QOL than say your average non-pilot job (i.e. corporate desk job) where they work 5 days a week 8 to 5 only getting weekends off (so between 8 and 10 days off a month)?
To answer your question, I would have to say that your traditional corporate job will have much more consistent hours and days off for you to plan your life around.
I think the main difference is the hours of the day that we work. In SFB we have now squeezed in a third bank of flights. It used to be two banks with a morning show time around 0700 that would get you done around 1400 and a 1400 show time that would have you done by 2200.
Now we have show times around 0500, 1200, and 1600. Your choices now are to get up at 0330 for the early show times, show up at 1200 to often work a four leg day and finish around 2200, or come in at 1600 and finish around midnight (or much later depending on how the operation is running).