Originally Posted by
Fly Boy Knight
This schedule is the typical UPS feeder aircraft schedule. My run offers Saturday service therefore, I live at the outstation city and not in the base city but most of the contract runs that fly for UPS are feeders (meaning the "out, layover, then back" schedule).
I dunno, I have found that the mornings are the worst. I wake up after only a few hrs of sleep and I am dead. I need two cups of coffee to get me half way home lol.
frankly it won't get better as you get older or have kids. I think back to how easy it was before I got married flying these types of schedules.
Try sleeping no more the 45 minutes during your work period and finding a cool pitch black room to sleep. Much better to get 6-7 hours straight of sleep if you can then to split it up.
Next step if you don't like the schedule is to stay away from cargo outfits as your career progresses.