eglplt

You are required to commute to CVG, not ILN, correct?

I was using FlightAware this morning doing just that, was curious if there was something better though! I would be looking at using MSP if you could tell me about that? I saw ATI has a flight to ILN out of there, but didn’t see anything else.

wornTiller

Looks like Swift Air has what you need.

SWQ585 would get you to work
SWQ185 would get you home.
Those appear to only be M-F.

Endeavour Air (Delta) has 4 passenger flights daily.
EDV5331
EDV5233
EDV4798
EDV5190

ATN3495 goes MSP-ILN, but I cannot find a return.

eglplt

Thank you! It looks like there may also be a couple SCX flights in there as well.

Reactivity

There is no training contract.

Schedule is 14 days off per month. Work days may be in a single block, two blocks, or three blocks.

"Quality of life" is one of those overused and nearly meaningless airline pilot terms that should be banished from the lexicon because it's entirely subjective. You're going to work 16 or 17 days per month. With more seniority, you have better control over which days those are and what you're doing on those days. If you live near CVG, you're going to be home a little more often than a commuter. Several locals bid reserve and are home most of the month. Some people handle the schedule and back-side-of-the-clock flying better than others. I like night flying, and I prefer to commute as few times as possible, so I tend to put all of my days in a single block with extended periods of time off, especially when combined with vacation. So I like the quality of my life just fine.

baba70

Newbie here. Great post on the commute. Can i piggy back on this post to ask how easy it is to Commute from HOU or IAH?
Really liked how you broke this down in the earlier post. Are there Pilots currently doing this commute to CVG?
Thank you much for the insight.

Reactivity

https://flightaware.com/live/findfli...stination=kiah
https://flightaware.com/live/findfli...stination=kcvg

There's a weekday DHL flight (Amerijet) and a daily Amazon flight (ATI), plus the rest. There is one ABX pilot I know of who lives in Houston.

baba70

Thank you very much for this.

wornTiller

You're welcome, but-
I'm just as much a noob as you. I'm only making basic observations and edumahcated guesstimates.
Commutability is subjective. I've heard both ends of the spectrum: YOU MUSSED GIT A CRUSHPERD! iBeR and LuFt are uNrELiaBle! A CAR IS NESSESSSSSARY! all the way to "Even on reserve I never sat in CVG long enough to warrant the cost of a crashpad over a night or 2 per month in a hotel."

Usual disclaimers apply: YMMV, caveat emptor, all rebates to dealer. I'm trying to figure this out for myself as well.

My guess is that the goal for commuting would be:
1) Find a cargo flight on Amazon/DHL metal that goes right into CVG. I think building 6 is where all the magic happens.
2) Find a passenger flight that leaves arrives later in the day @CVG (so you aren't sitting around all day waiting for your trip) and get a ride from the CVG passenger terminal to the cargo facility.

If you go with #1 above, you can likely leave your car in Houston for the 17 days you are gone and it won't cost you $$$ per day for 17 days (unless there is a fee for parking at the DHL/Amazon facility).
If you go with #2, you will need Uber/Lyft/Grandma to drop you off at the passenger terminal so you aren't paying for 16/17 days of parking.

I believe all of us on the outside looking in, are all trying to figure out these minor challenges. I'm sure the seasoned vets like nitefreightdog and reactivity are all laughing at us since it all becomes small potatoes eventually.

Cujo665

Omni is home based
travel in on one of your 16-17 duty days.
16 is the norm, 17 is allowed at an over ride that goes above guarantee. It’s rarely used but does happen.
that leaves 14-15 actual work days minus required rest.
it beats commuting in a day early or day late and cuts into those extra 7-11 days off a year.
we keep our air miles and use them to take family on vacation with real tickets not standby.
no crashpads either. Once you leave home you always get a hotel and yes you keep those points too. Our family took a three week vacation and never paid for airfare or hotels the entire time.
our CBA looks more like Kalitta’s before their recent extension.
great place to work. Love it here. Never going back to Crashpads and commuting ever again.

wornTiller

Is Omni hiring?


APC profile says not hiring and 13 on furlough.