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Old 10-18-2022, 01:16 PM
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Tpinks
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Originally Posted by shortspatula View Post
As a DEC you’ll be at the mercy of the company. I haven’t heard of dropping flying, that’s why they’re hiring DECs because they’re short. You’ll be on reserve with 12 days off at least for a few months. Also possibly being bumped down as senior FOs upgrade over you. You’ll be with your family about 2 nights a week unless you move to base, that’s the reality of our flying. There’s charter home basing but it looks like you could be gone up to 8 days in a row.
nobody can drop anything. The pilot play book doesn’t allow it. Hell you can’t even give someone a trip from your schedule to just get the day off.

literally there is no reasonable quality of life here. If you come here for a base, they are going to use your wherever they want. Are you a Line pilot? Go fly a charter and be paid less than what the charter pilots are getting in their MMG! Charter pilot? Gets reassigned to line flying.
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