Originally Posted by
N523UA
First post from a future UA pilot (hopefully).... I currently reside in Austria, with VIE being my home airport. I have two questions: would I get travel discounts as a UA pilot commuting from VIE, and how impractical would a junior 737 FO schedule be for someone living in Europe? Is it possible for a junior FO to have a schedule where I'd only fly for a chunk of one or two weeks at a time and then have one or two weeks off? Thanks, and I hope to join your ranks someday!
Possible but will severely impact your QOL. Initially you will be on reserve, which means 18 days a month. The most days off you will get in one chunk will be 4, unless you go to the 757, then you get a block of 6 days off. Once you have a line you will probably have a schedule of 4 on 3 off, with the trip either starting early or ending late. You can trade things around and try to get larger blocks of days off, but as with everything else, seniority helps this a lot. I commuted from Europe for awhile but was mid level seniority on a global fleet so was able to bunch all my flying together.
good luck