Going contract rate for about any corporate jet with ocean crossing legs starts @ $1500 a day plus expenses. Expense first class seat, 4-star hotel and all meals to owners. The Global guys and gals are cleaning it out. I for one would rather fly to Hawaii, have a three day layover, Pocket $10k for me and expense the fuel and hotels, keep the points. It is way more sane than any airline on domestic with short layovers, long duty periods and the ACARS printer rolling half the flight with reroutes.

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Most replies about part-time flying options completely miss the point. Except for National Guard and Reserves, FltOps will NEVER approve outside flying given how taxed Crew Skds is.

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And this…I figured everything besides military would be a hard no.

Depends on the fleet.

Then dont CFI then! Who is forcing you?

To some it’s not about money, it’s more like a hobby and mental health mitigation strategy.
Some pilots just like aviation. Or keep developing in other areas. Others wish they could but are too busy with family etc.

Just flew with a kid who is a part owner of a glider school. He flies gliders a lot for fun, tows every once in a while and flies for mama D max 70/month.
Very happy person.

oh, also he feels wearing a hat is not such a big deal! :)

He wears his Delta hat in the glider? Weirdo!

Not sure! The dudes in the uniform compliance thread probably could shed some light on it!

I meant he is happy to go by policy working for D and not toxic about it.

If I were in the bottom 20%, there is no way I would have all my eggs in the Delta basket. I wouldn't even ask flight ops, just stay legal wrt to flight times. Sure, it's a roll of the dice, what isn't?

Another option is having eggs in a non-aviation basket. Many of the things that interrupt a Delta career would interrupt aviation in general.

That’s stupid, because if Delta determines working for that company violated some non-compete policy, you could be fired. That’s a huge roll of the dice.

And if it’s moving people between places, it probably would in some way.