Contractually there are 16 day lines offered to bid on. You owe the company 16 days to get you guaranteed pay of 65hrs@ your yearly pay rate. these lines are all either hard lines with issued flying or they are reserve lines. You bid on them by seniority. seniority is determined by your date of hire and date of birth in your class(oldest senior to younger)
The company gets the hotel for us when on layovers and rsrv. nothing fancy but ok hotels, just what a freight dog would like
. contractually ez can extend u two days making that 18 days away. if u are extended u get a ticket to or from your home(where you live)
Work days very greatly, this is adhoc flying sort of like being on call. some months u may fly ur arse of some months u may sit in a hotel with lots of time to kill. it just depends on how much flying we have and how the company is utalizing the crews. if u want to make more money u can volunteer for extra time flying that is staying out longer than 16days. skies the limit if ya want to live on the road and the ez has flying to be done they will keep ya out as long as ya like.
we have one of the better schedules in our contract out of the acmi's but one of if not the worst pay. Also we have business class travel per contract, that is a big bonus, because we do lots of airline travel to and from trips. if u have ever traveled in the cattle car section of an airliner for 15hrs you know what i mean. So 2 out of 3 ain't bad.....
I personally love the work and schedule. but its not for everyone and within a few months of new hire classes thers lots of *****ing about the job and then usually lots of turn over. fun for some but not for everyone. if u cant hold a good line u may be gone for 36 days maybe in a tent in Afghanistan. very rare but if you dont think that sounds like fun probly not for u.