Originally Posted by Columbia (Post 1012895)

What's scary is UPS 2nd year pay of $150/hour. ;)

Originally Posted by Check Essential (Post 1012881)

Not on pure international.
If they want to give you a domesic trip after the first 12 hours then they would have to give you 9 hours free of duty prior to the report time. Maybe that's what you are thinking of.

Originally Posted by dragon (Post 1012883)

To give themselves the most flexibility, they should shorten your 23 Jun SC at 2359 or even 0200 on the 24th and then when you restart on the 24th you'll be legal again for domestic. That's how they used to do it, but with the new crop of schedulers who aren't as familiar (means haven't even read) with the contract, who knows.

Originally Posted by Check Essential (Post 1012908)

You guys are thinking domestic. There is no such rule for international.
You can be on continuous short call for 6 days.

Originally Posted by NWA320pilot (Post 1012914)

I am always given 9 hours free from duty between SC assignments...... Usually they give me something like 0100-1000.....

Originally Posted by NuGuy (Post 1012878)

Heyas Hoser,

The biggest thing(s) with an airplane partnership are:

1) Make sure you set up a LLC for liability purposes. If you are a sole owner/pilot, a LLC won't do you much good, but if you have someone else who regularly flys the airplane, then I would seriously consider it.

Most states have gotten around LLCs these days for tax purposes.

2) Make sure your partner and yourself are on the same page. If you get into a partnership where you are nit noid about MX, or want to do some upgrades (or in the case of the Stinson, restoration work) and your partner is not, then that will cause trouble from the get go.

3) Don't plan on going cheap. Sure, that tie down will work, but after 3 months, you'll see what the sun and WX does to an airplane, and it will make you cry. Certain parts of the country may really test your wallet, and costs can vary wildly.

4) Finding a quality A&P and a reliable shop (unless you happen to be a A&P) is virtually impossible unless you do a lot of research and/or trial and error. Less of an issue for the 172, WAY more of an issue with the Stinson.

5) Plan on spending %10 of the airplane's value in the first six months to fix things missed on the pre-purchase, or spooling up the airplane to meet your standards.

PM me if you want....

Nu

Originally Posted by Check Essential (Post 1012923)

That would be a contract violation. If your short calls are not continuous then they have to give you at least 10 hours between them. (23.S.5.d.)

Originally Posted by NWA320pilot (Post 1012932)

Maybe it is 10...... Not really sure but my point was that when I have been assigned SC continuously they have always provided a break each 24 hour period. Just sayin.

Originally Posted by Check Essential (Post 1012935)

Its all good.
They build those breaks in there to keep you legal for a domestic assignment.

Originally Posted by PilotFrog (Post 1012891)

It really is scary that the most junior position at Delta is now the 7ER in NYC.

Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1012898)

Yeah I wonder how often since 2008 we've had a plug that was in the ER? I don't think, and I could be wrong, there ever was a class of straight ER so as to have a plug hired into the ER position. If there was it would've happened in late 07 and there's a chance I vaguely remember of that happening. Don't know.