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#781
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2014
Position: CL65 El Capitano
Posts: 382
Somewhere, someone said, on reserve you can bid all your days off in a row. Would you not need 1 in 7 off during your days on, thereby reducing the amount of days off available to use in one block?
For example if you are guaranteed 12 days off you would need to use 2 of those during your days on leaving you 10 to use in one block?
Thanks!
For example if you are guaranteed 12 days off you would need to use 2 of those during your days on leaving you 10 to use in one block?
Thanks!
#782
Line Holder
Joined APC: Mar 2022
Posts: 52
How hard is it to regularly receive a schedule like that?
#783
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jun 2022
Position: PT-17, Rear
Posts: 36
#784
New Hire
Joined APC: Mar 2023
Posts: 3
Sounds like masochism at best or outright suicide on the 717’s ops-tempo. But that sounds perfect on the other metal for a worn-in ACMI mook like myself. Especially if one is hired into the Amazon flying only to see it disappear down the road.
And with that said, what does it take to get a call these days? I thought I might hear something by now. Mid thirties, 9500 TT, 2500 PIC-J, with WB Boeing INTL PIC experience and a ton of crossings. 135 time in the trenches to boot. I don’t think I’m anything special by any means, but I’ve been around for a minute at this point.
Do I need a local rabbi, or do I need to find a candy bar with a golden ticket, or what? Should I have checked the “willing to relocate” box?
#785
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Joined APC: Jun 2022
Position: PT-17, Rear
Posts: 36
Interisland reserves aren’t being abused by any means and the seniority is coming quickly especially so on that fleet and will continue to do so for the next several years.
Beats me. Feels like the hiring side and training department are figuring out the optimal pace and speaking only for my experience of the instructors in the training department, they have been bursting at the seams and doing the best they can. That seems like the choke point at the moment.
Beyond that, I had only minor ties to the island and didn’t say anything to anyone about them until the interview. I’m pretty well a mainlander that moved there.
Took about 8 months from application to interview invite and believe I was the highest time pilot in class with not a dissimilar resume to yours.
Have really loved it here thus far, for what it’s worth.
Beats me. Feels like the hiring side and training department are figuring out the optimal pace and speaking only for my experience of the instructors in the training department, they have been bursting at the seams and doing the best they can. That seems like the choke point at the moment.
Beyond that, I had only minor ties to the island and didn’t say anything to anyone about them until the interview. I’m pretty well a mainlander that moved there.
Took about 8 months from application to interview invite and believe I was the highest time pilot in class with not a dissimilar resume to yours.
Have really loved it here thus far, for what it’s worth.
#786
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2022
Posts: 387
And with that said, what does it take to get a call these days? I thought I might hear something by now. Mid thirties, 9500 TT, 2500 PIC-J, with WB Boeing INTL PIC experience and a ton of crossings. 135 time in the trenches to boot. I don’t think I’m anything special by any means, but I’ve been around for a minute at this point.
Do I need a local rabbi, or do I need to find a candy bar with a golden ticket, or what? Should I have checked the “willing to relocate” box?
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2) Show about 2,000hrs on your app.
3)Think rainbow watch band. Or a multi colored lapel pin
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#787
So, is it reasonable to say that one could, for eleven months a year, bid reserve and get the 18 straight as new hire or junior pilot?
Sounds like masochism at best or outright suicide on the 717’s ops-tempo. But that sounds perfect on the other metal for a worn-in ACMI mook like myself. Especially if one is hired into the Amazon flying only to see it disappear down the road.
And with that said, what does it take to get a call these days? I thought I might hear something by now. Mid thirties, 9500 TT, 2500 PIC-J, with WB Boeing INTL PIC experience and a ton of crossings. 135 time in the trenches to boot. I don’t think I’m anything special by any means, but I’ve been around for a minute at this point.
Do I need a local rabbi, or do I need to find a candy bar with a golden ticket, or what? Should I have checked the “willing to relocate” box?
Sounds like masochism at best or outright suicide on the 717’s ops-tempo. But that sounds perfect on the other metal for a worn-in ACMI mook like myself. Especially if one is hired into the Amazon flying only to see it disappear down the road.
And with that said, what does it take to get a call these days? I thought I might hear something by now. Mid thirties, 9500 TT, 2500 PIC-J, with WB Boeing INTL PIC experience and a ton of crossings. 135 time in the trenches to boot. I don’t think I’m anything special by any means, but I’ve been around for a minute at this point.
Do I need a local rabbi, or do I need to find a candy bar with a golden ticket, or what? Should I have checked the “willing to relocate” box?
Or they just haven’t called you yet.
#788
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,405
All the answers here are pertinent for the current time frame. Things could always change for the better or worse in the future.
Two years ago there were no overnights for interisland flying. The trips were built so you could star early all day until later in the afternoon. You could bid for what worked best for you.
Always home every night.
Those days are gone, maybe forever or maybe not.
Two years ago there were no overnights for interisland flying. The trips were built so you could star early all day until later in the afternoon. You could bid for what worked best for you.
Always home every night.
Those days are gone, maybe forever or maybe not.
#789
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Joined APC: Mar 2008
Posts: 58
Not sure what the formula is for an interview invite. A recommendation seems to go a long way. Never flew with a recent interviewee, but wrote a character rec for him (I was his only rec). He was offered a CJO two days ago (4 days after interview) 1650TT and 150 jet. Started flight school 3.5 years ago and completed OE at Skywest 3 months ago. It’s a brave new world
#790
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Joined APC: Mar 2022
Posts: 52
Also, if you are hired into one of the busses, can you upgrade on the 717 as soon as you can hold it, or are you seat locked even when bidding for a command. At my current carrier there is no seat lock preventing bidding from right to left on another aircraft.
Thanks!
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