Originally Posted by
jaxsurf
Being home most nights and being an airline pilot are not usually synonymous, especially when junior. At some point you’re going to have to bite the bullet and deal with being gone 12-16 nights per month and have an honest conversation with yourself about whether or not you and your family can handle that.
Allegiant is one of the few airlines that do mainly out and backs, but if you’re just barely qualified for a regional then I’m not sure they would look at you. Most places have majority 3-4 day trips, so I don’t think you’re going to be able to totally avoid that. May want to base your regional selection criteria on different factors if that is unavoidable, because those other factors may be important to your family (schools, safety, cost of living, etc).
Hopefully you find something compatible with you and your family. Best of luck.
Yes, thank you so much! Yeah, my family and I completely understand - traveling and being away from home comes with the job. That’s fine, it’s unavoidable. I am just trying to figure out ways to keep spending the nights away from home to a minimum. We would even be moving to wherever I end up being based.
If I could choose my perfect schedule, I’d prefer to only be away from home 2 nights per week. Even 3 nights per week is alright really - especially if it is not 3 nights in a row. But I really don’t want to be away from home more than 12 nights per month. So I’m just trying to figure out the regional airlines that would be most likely offer that.
From what I’ve been reading, Piedmont and Mesa don’t seem to be good for that. PSA, SkyWest, Horizon, and CommutAir better. Not sure how accurate all that is though? And don’t know about Envoy and AirWisconsin at all, to be honest.