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Will ACMI companies that are flying a lot of domestic only cargo like Amazon and DHL lines move towards 3-4 day trips (like UPS and Fedex) instead of 2-3weeks on?

Why would you want that? Don’t you want all of your days off in a row?

I prefer to be home every week. Plus you are limited to 60 hours of flying in a two week period. So if you fly a every week you can fly 80-90 hours a month (more money) and be home every week.

And have to spend more time commuting? God, I hope not. No thanks. At ABX there is a mix of working all your days straight in a row or a week on and a week off. This job would be unbearable if I had to go to work for 3 days and home for 2 or 3. I get way more done around the house and spend more time with my son with either a full week off or 2 weeks in a row.

Trust me, way better this way. Fly more? No thanks to that either. Lol

UPS has very few 3-4 day trips. Usually week on week off or 2 weeks on and 2 off. You're gonna end up on a trip rig and get paid 75-80 hours but only block 40-45. Wouldn't want all those short trips. If that's what you want then you should consider the regionals.

I'm not certain about fedex or ups, but all the others ....
atlas, k4, abex, southern ect. are supplemental carriers not domestic
So there is no 30 in 7 rule...in fact the way we crew at k4 I can fly 120 hrs in those 2 weeks

Atlas operates under Flag, Supplemental, or Domestic. We are rarely supplemental, actually.

Why are you limited to 60hours in a two week period?

I believe Atlas 767 DHL pilots based in CVG have a lot of those shorter trips.

One FO here said he did the above, and slept away from home 20 nights in 7 months. He said he was going to upgrade to 767 Capt CVG and stay there, so he could be home all the time (he lived in the CVG area).

I didn't know they had the three operating certs
That's smart to use domestic rules for dhl and amazon hub ops