Originally Posted by
ugleeual
you start with 18x LC… during a LC they can assign you a trip (14 hours notice), SC (10 or 12 hours notice), or FSB (12 hours notice I think). Depends on the fleet, seat, and base how often you get trips and SC/FSBs. I’ll give you a example using my schedule as a reserve Captain on global for Jan-Mar: I was away on trips 6 days a month on average… and sat SC 5 days out of the remaining 12 reserve days (out of 18). So on average I flew 6 days, SC 5 days, and sat LC reserve 7 days… and played golf 6 days per month (wx stopped me from playing 3 extra days).
Okay, thank you very much for the details. Your concrete example is very helpful to my understanding. That actually sounds not too bad (about half time home as a commuter). I was just concerned I could end up away from home 18 days a month (or maybe more if I had to commute the day before or after)!