out and backs?
11-06-2005, 08:31 AM
#1
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out and backs?
im sure this would be really outrageous, but are there any airlines that are "out and back airlines"... meaning, is there any chance that someday i can a job where i would get something like this:
get up, go to the airport and fly a day like EWR-wherever-wherever-wherever-EWR, drive back home at the end of the last one, go back the next day and do the same thing... i used EWR because thats where im closest, but something like this to any airport... sounds like a dream come true for pilot quality of life....... and his wife's
get up, go to the airport and fly a day like EWR-wherever-wherever-wherever-EWR, drive back home at the end of the last one, go back the next day and do the same thing... i used EWR because thats where im closest, but something like this to any airport... sounds like a dream come true for pilot quality of life....... and his wife's
11-06-2005, 11:03 AM
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Get the right to live and work in the EU and then you can go to work for Ryanair or Easy Jet. They both have schedules like that.
I worked for a non-sched in Nevada where we had schedules like that most of the time. The best deal ever lasted for about 6 months. It was 5 on, 10 off. The days on had a departure at 10:00 am, flew about 7 hours, then back by 8:00 pm.
Typhoonpilot
I worked for a non-sched in Nevada where we had schedules like that most of the time. The best deal ever lasted for about 6 months. It was 5 on, 10 off. The days on had a departure at 10:00 am, flew about 7 hours, then back by 8:00 pm.
Typhoonpilot
11-06-2005, 11:05 AM
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Most every company (at least those that base pilots out of a hub) builds some sort of day trip lines (the number and value vary). It's a necessity to allow for the best utilization of the pilot group and staffing numbers.
Most of the time they go very senior. Personally I disliked them since you don't earn any untaxed per diem and it took me about 2 hours of commuting each day when you factored in the time to get to/from employee parking, through security, and out to the terminal (and I lived 5 miles from the parking lot)...
Most of the time they go very senior. Personally I disliked them since you don't earn any untaxed per diem and it took me about 2 hours of commuting each day when you factored in the time to get to/from employee parking, through security, and out to the terminal (and I lived 5 miles from the parking lot)...
11-06-2005, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by UConnQB14
has anyone heard of a regional like this where it is common practice, or even Continental/ExpressJet doing this out of Newark?
boy that would be sweet
boy that would be sweet
11-06-2005, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by HSLD
Different strokes I suppose. Personally, I can't think of anything worse than driving to the airport each day to do a turn. But that's just me.
