Originally Posted by
thesweetlycool
Cool, thanks for all the responses! That was going to be my next questions was how much time most airlines require you to be at your plane after getting the "call". In my circumstance, i would live about 2 hours from the airport and would then require more time to get through security, ect. Are most people on call 6 days a week or so?
I have seen anything from 4-6 on with 2-4 off. 6 on 2 off is not uncommon at regionals.
The call-out ranges from 30 minutes to 24 hours. Most jet regionals are 1-2 hours, some have a 12 hour option (which has tradeoffs).
2 hours from the airport, you might end up doing a daily drive to reserve...find a coffee shop, library, gym, mall, etc that's a little closer to the field and hang out there every day.
At my airline they rarely do the minimum callout (2 hours), they usually give you a little more notice so some folks in your situation just stay home and push the envelope on the 2 hour callout. But that's probably a bad idea on probation.