Originally Posted by
Squeakygreaser
Sorry for probably a repeat thread but I can't find this answer:
Can someone tell me or post a thread link describing what percentage of your flying is in the circadian low, 2am-5am?
Basically what I want to know is, if someone's main bid preference is to not be awake at 3am, how many 3am flights are they going to end up working before their seniority can get them out of it? Assume that 3pm on the other side of the world still counts as 3am.
Are there some pilots who come to FedEx and then find out that they actually can't handle the schedule and quit?
Lastly, if anyone cares to go more in depth, is there anything you wish you had known about the job before you started?
Thanks in advance.
I’ll bite, seeing how I got a few mins and brain cells to kill. Some say about half the bid pack is day and half night. probably closer to 60 percent night stuff, which is a moving target, right, depending on time zones.
in my opinion, Most of the guys who really can’t do nights go into either management, training, or the union, and the rest stay senior.
I honestly don’t know how guys do night flying consistently, and if you’ve been around a while you will see what it does to a person.
in my opinion, The relationship between management and pilots is not great, no matter how many atta boys they give you. The money is fine. The people are okay. the catering sucks. the hotels are mostly three stars, and a lot of the people working the ramps are unhappy. Listen to them.
For a while this was the place to be. did you know that things change? things always change.