Originally Posted by
100LowLife
Thanks to all who replied about LAS.
How about Guam? My parents live out there and would like to try that base out when I can. Good flying? How long to hold? Pilot culture out there?
Understand it used to be senior, just curious to know what it is these days
Will take a few vacancies to hold but under a year. It's trended somewhat Junior. About a year ago a couple BI classes were offered GUM. Tokyo and PI turns, Mongolia, which is a layover, the Island Hopper. To me a lot of the stuff looks pretty tiring and repetitive. I've never done it, but I've been told a lot of people really enjoy the flying, just doesn't look like my cup of tea. It's relatively easy. A lot of 60+ hour layovers in HNL at the front of back of an Island Hopper, that's the vast majorly of layovers in the bid pack but a few around the islands here and there.
One thing for sure though is this, and ive heard this 100 times over. The pilots all love it out there. However it's extremely strenuous on alot of marriages. Schools I've heard are horrendous and for many people when support is many thousands of miles away it can be tough. But if your parents are there it can make life easier.