Originally Posted by
aviator1998
Can you shine some light on the process to get into TK? I'm assuming off probation but is that pretty much it? The TK work interests me but it also seems like for someone who has other side hobbies/projects outside of work it may be a better lifestyle to bid reserve if you live in base and try and not fly, although it sounds like staffing is closing the door to that tactic. Can you get more than 12-13 off if you wanted? How many hours are you crediting per month and at what pay rate is TK paid?
Only time you get more than 12-13 days off is vacation months. You can’t drop events. You can’t drop reserve days. Trading can only be done between pilots via email. There is no CCS/crew companion functionality that the line pilots have.
If you live within 30-40 minutes of TK, have little kids or maybe some health issues it can be a really good gig. Outside of that it’s likely going to be what you make of it.