Originally Posted by rickair7777

There's no definitive documentation, although you can gain some insight from reading various pilot forums (US-specific forums, foreign airlines are often quite different).

Find the regionals which have bases in NY, and check out their forums here on APC. Ask questions

Originally Posted by rickair7777

That's going to be tough but might be barely achievable if you're senior enough (or however that works) at the FD to have essentially total control of your schedule and be able to work less there than ten days/month for a good long while.

You'll also need vacation/LOA during airline training... zero flexibility there and it will be all consuming. People have been known to flunk out because they go home to their families on weekends instead of hitting the books.

Probably the best way to do something like that would be to take an extended LOA from the FD if that's possible. Get settled in with some seniority at the airline, see how it is, and then decide whether to stick with one, the other, or both.

Also consider that you won't be able to do a busy 24-hour FD shift and then immediately go fly. Your cognitive performance will be too impaired. I know FD guys live that way, and I did too in the ground-pounder military but it doesn't work for pilots. Even mil pilots get mandatory rest, only exception is for major combat ops and then they get amphetamines instead (that's not an option for civilian pilots).