Originally Posted by
N523UA
I currently reside in Austria, with VIE being my home airport.
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?
I have a friend that commutes from Germany to Northern California. I think he's crazy.
Leave of absences for a week or more are usually available, and I've done them. If you're willing to take the pay cut, you can build a pretty light schedule.