Planesense
08-02-2020, 03:10 PM
#2411
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Joined APC: Aug 2013
Position: FO
Posts: 627
Originally Posted by tanker
Just curious what is the nearest base to you and how long of a drive would it be to get to it. The important point is if you are home standby they want you to get to the FBO at your domicile no later than 2 hours after the FOC calls you with a flight. At Plane Sense crash pads are not a cost of doing business because we are either home or at a hotel paid for by the company.
Yes, they do take the 2 hour limit (mostly) seriously. However, in almost 4 years there I got a call once on home standby. And I’m local to PSM. So there’s that.
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08-02-2020, 05:17 PM
#2412
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Joined APC: Mar 2017
Posts: 566
Originally Posted by Toonces
Yes, they do take the 2 hour limit (mostly) seriously. However, in almost 4 years there I got a call once on home standby. And I’m local to PSM. So there’s that.
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08-02-2020, 05:30 PM
#2413
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Joined APC: May 2017
Posts: 282
Originally Posted by WhiteMorpheus
When do you normally know your flight schedule for each hitch?
08-02-2020, 05:37 PM
#2414
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Joined APC: Mar 2017
Posts: 566
Originally Posted by UnbeatenPath
The day before your 8 days start at the earliest. And you'll only know the schedule a day in advance the whole trip since it changes so much. There are no "schedules"
08-03-2020, 08:44 PM
#2416
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Joined APC: Sep 2016
Posts: 1,948
Originally Posted by tanker
Just curious what is the nearest base to you and how long of a drive would it be to get to it. The important point is if you are home standby they want you to get to the FBO at your domicile no later than 2 hours after the FOC calls you with a flight. At Plane Sense crash pads are not a cost of doing business because we are either home or at a hotel paid for by the company.
I don’t know the bases anymore but lets say MDW is a base but DSM isn’t. Lets say this poster lives near DSM, but is willing to get a crash pad and drive there to spend their “home standby” within the 2 hour window.
I don’t think he’s asking for special treatment, just if he has to actually “live” within the 2 hour callout or if simply always being within 2 hours of the actual base will suffice.
08-04-2020, 03:52 AM
#2418
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Joined APC: Jul 2010
Position: Pilatus PIC
Posts: 47
Originally Posted by DarkSideMoon
Their point is that they would get a crash pad within the 2 hour reserve window so they can sit home standby there instead of 2.5 hours away at their actual home. What they want to know is if this will satisfy the basing requirement without them having to move their primary residence. A fair question.
I don’t know the bases anymore but lets say MDW is a base but DSM isn’t. Lets say this poster lives near DSM, but is willing to get a crash pad and drive there to spend their “home standby” within the 2 hour window.
I don’t think he’s asking for special treatment, just if he has to actually “live” within the 2 hour callout or if simply always being within 2 hours of the actual base will suffice.
I don’t know the bases anymore but lets say MDW is a base but DSM isn’t. Lets say this poster lives near DSM, but is willing to get a crash pad and drive there to spend their “home standby” within the 2 hour window.
I don’t think he’s asking for special treatment, just if he has to actually “live” within the 2 hour callout or if simply always being within 2 hours of the actual base will suffice.
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08-04-2020, 04:06 AM
#2419
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Joined APC: May 2017
Posts: 282
Originally Posted by sounddoc
Very fair question, but this would be a total waste of money. Remote based pilots generally do their "home standby" in PSM. Ymmv....
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08-04-2020, 04:44 AM
#2420
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Joined APC: Apr 2007
Posts: 441
I’ve been part time at an outstation for over a year and before Covid I only had Home Standby once. Even then halfway through they changed it and had me get a Rental from my base and drive to another airport. However I did hear of an FO who had been here a year and was still had under 100 hours because they kept him mainly Home Standby at his outstation base. That’s rare but it happens.
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