Airbum

haha no kidding worrying about the first year not the next 25

Dpilot

Great info, thanks. Quick thread diversion: any hiring at NCA?

How would life be in the LAX base?

PotatoChip

Not currently, but there are rumors of it. They are definitely short FOs.

LAX can be pretty nice. Trips start LAX - SFO - NRT. From there guys usually stay in NRT flying Asian out and backs for a week or so and then return to LAX. Might see the occasional NRT - ANC. I rarely see the LAX guys flying within North America.

If you do several Pacific crossings you can get into decent overtime (over 65 hours) but I wouldn't count on it.

Also, NRT - LAX is a two man crew (JCAB regs)

Most guys commute to LAX from west coast US and Canada homes. Couple from Hawaii. A few live there. I can't remember the departure times and how the commute is.

FMI

However, for those in the pool it could be useful for what to expect starting out.
Should one be called for a class.

Lineslug

And a good way for them to find out how vindictive UPS can be, something they would be foolish to do while on probation. I speak from 25 yrs of experience. Keep a LOW profile while on probation, folks.

Dpilot

Thanks for the intel. Looks like a nice job to get!

Lgregory2915

Thanks for all the replies! My irrelevant comment merely meant I appreciate any feedback regardless the background. I'm a couple years out from moving to the private sector and figure I may as well shoot for the moon with my ambitions. Wherever I put my efforts I'd like to be well informed. As I lurk FedEx/UPS seem like the pipe dream for me. Knowing different strokes for different folks, sometimes dreams are nightmares

Schedules surely vary depending on airframe and home base, wether flying or reserve I'm curious if the time is typically "blocked" in multiple days

FDXLAG and Hercdriver130 hit on what I was interested in knowing more about. Seems like commuting and having a schedule that's closer to a couple days on a couple days off would tie most of your free time up in commuting where 17/13 would only be one or two days s month. But would really want to be gone 17 days in a row? I realize beggars can't be choosers and no perfect job exists. Trying to be optimistic I'll hope I have a choice where I work vs praying for any job when the time comes. Several responses have already been insightful...thanks!!!

Lgregory2915

FDXLAG, is it likely or possible that these days can all be spent at the same location? If you domicile/home base (sorry for poor fluency of lingo) will or can all you reserve be spent there? Peeling back the question, if you move to Memphis could you be asked to sit reserve in Anchorage?

FlyBoyd

98% of the time you will stand reserve in domicile. On occasion, there will be trips that are scheduled to another domicile for a long hotel standby. In that case, you will be a reserve guy in another domicile. Keep in mind these trips usually go into open time and can be picked up by anyone. Only if they remain open will they trickle down to be assigned to a reserve pilot.

FDXLAG

Yes living in domicile and being junior is not a bad deal. Most of us wanted jobs at FDX because we wanted to live somewhere else. Commuting is not that bad once you have some numbers behind you.