Originally Posted by citation9

If you want to know what rsv is like visit hell. That would be the best way to convey to you what it's like.
A typical schedule goes like this. 6 on 2 off sometimes 3 off just depends. Be prepared to spend 260+ days away from home a year. 4 a.m. phone calls from scheduling commanding you to waste your life on ready rsv or some 6 leg day including 2 deadheads. If you commute it will take you one who day to gain some sleep back and wash your uniform. The next day you will pack your bags and catch some flt that your destined to get bumped off of and finally catch a flight sitting in a jump seat all night getting to your reporting airport for a 5:25 a.m. show. Just remember your off 2 days but there's a good chance you're going home on one of them or returning on the other. You will be making below the poverty line and you will get hit the most for expenses. Being on reserve you make A LOT less than a line pilot. Seeing that you have no idea were you will be sleeping or showing up or leaving work you will be forced to buy crash pads and hotels. If you have any student loans which the overwhelming majority of us do. You will not be able to keep your head above water and begin digging yourself further in debt. Seeing that your on reserve you are also junior. EXPECT to be displaced at least twice to more expensive cities and being forced to commute as you can't break leases that easily. Your social life will be COMPLETELY depleted. You will be home during the day while your peers are at work. You will be gone a minimum of 260+ days and you will have absolutely NO quality of life. I've seen my co-workers who are in marriages or relationships and they all are in trouble or failed. Don't forget to start saving for a triple bypass surgery when you hit 60 because it's almost impossible to eat healthy (believe me I'm a health nut) and the stress of the job and hardly being able to sleep will take a huge toll on your body. It is very unfortunate that this is the way the industry is. It is no longer a respectable job thanks to ME. Don't let anybody sugar coat it. This is how it is. I would be the person to ask.