Originally Posted by
LivinTheDream28
so do you work the 4 on, 3 off type schedule or are you guys saying you hardly ever get any days off? When you say days off do you mean vacation days or actually days? For instance: if you are flying Mon-Thurs, can you count on having Friday, Saturday, Sunday off, or will you be called into work on those days? How many days off do you actually get per month? I'm just trying to figure out if with this job you are able to do things like fly home and see your family for a few days when you are not scheduled.
For those of you new to the industry there is no reason for you to work on a day off if you don't want to. The way you keep your days off is DO NOT ANSWER YOUR PHONE WHEN SCHEDULING CALLS!!! If its my day off and the company calls I let them leave a message. If I don't like what they have to say, I don't call them back. Simple as that. If they routinely can't find guys to cover the flying they will eventually figure out that they are understaffed which equals more jobs for all of us. Of course, at a company like Colgan which has merit-based upgrades there is always some brown noser who would suck off the chief pilot if it meant upgrading a month sooner.
