CS Schedule/vacation Time
 

Greetings... 2 questions for CS pilots:

1) With a 7/7 schedule, do you start working on day 1 of the 7, and then home on your 7th?
2) How many vacation days do you get?

Thanks...If you want to throw in your thoughts on pending union rumors, I'll take that too.

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Vacation for years 1-5 is 1 week. Years 6 and on is 2 weeks.

7/7 schedule= work 7, off 7, vacation 7, off 7, work 7. Hence 21 straight days with no work. You can not split vacation days up, all must be used in a block to replace a 7-on tour.

EXTW

Thanks EXTW. Good stuff.

CS is now the lowest paid fractional pilots. Only come here if NJ and Flex said no.

I think Avantair will have better wages than CS shortly.

Do you think wages will improve soon?? Are guys running for the door because the wages are below NJ and Flex?

While NJ and now Flex are very tempting, this is a cyclical buisness. Six months from now the NJ guys maybe wishing they didn't lock into a contract-who knows?

RCA I would have to disagree. This is the most stable area of aviation because owners sign 5 year contracts meaning they just can't back out if the economy takes a little downward turn. Now if they go bankrupt that is a different story. NJ may have a contract locked in but this allows them to price their product at the level it should be unlike a company I know that has several unprofitable Bravo contracts. CS can't price appropriately because if a union comes on board or if they give a raise (yeah right) they will not know where to put labor costs in when factoring the price of a share.

I think that FLOPS pilots would probably disagree on who is paid the worst.

Yes but they are getting a raise in the near future is my understanding.