ACMI Schedules
12-28-2017 | 07:36 AM
#31
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It would just be nice to have an option to fly what you want like other airlines. If you want to fly several trips back to back so that you can get 12 days off in a row than that is great, but if you want to do 3-4 day trips every week and be home every week than that is great too. Having the option to do what you want and work as little or as much as you want to would be better for everyone.
I can't speak for others but at ABX our schedules are pretty regular. Run more like a scheduled op than an ACMI. That being said however, most of our overnights are 20 plus hours long. Your not gonna find 3 and 4 day trips in that.
Now we have 2 day and 1 day pairings and such. I suppose that if you get senior enough to hold a line and get really good at trip trading with the company and other pilots, you could probably manipulate your schedule to get close to what you want.
You probably really should be looking more at a pax airline for what your looking for though.
12-28-2017 | 07:48 AM
#32
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Amazing, but true; pilots become disenchanted when they find out it’s WORK!
Why, pray tell, did you become a pilot?
GF
That sounds like a hoot! Sorry but my goal is to retire the lowest time airline pilot in history.
GF
12-28-2017 | 10:05 AM
#33
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I have the same goal of retiring with a low total time. While I am absolutely passionate about flying airplanes, I’m even more passionate about my family, so family wins. I often tell people, that I fly the airplane for free, they pay me to stay away from my family....and they don’t pay me enough!!
12-31-2017 | 08:42 AM
#34
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I'm with those guys. I became a pilot for the schedule flexibility and for the relative autonomy we operate with. Flying airplanes is fun but I'd rather fly the sim once a quarter to remain current while collecting my reserve paychecks.
12-31-2017 | 11:14 AM
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