Officially it’s 500 jet or ME turbine required, 1000 preferred.

 

kalinikta. I did the reverse for 7 years. Worked in (mostly) Spain, and lived in DC. Except for 1 year always 2 legs. 10 on. 5 off. Was really happy I could stop before I turned 40. At 55 still have no problems doing redeyes every trip. Pretty happy with my one hour, one leg commute I do now. I would say, be at least prepared for it to get too hard to do long term. Yassou

 

Weekdays not too hard to drop, weekends almost impossible.

 

I commuted to Germany while working as a SIM instructor at a large regional. Stacked up 7-12 days often doubles then went home. I lasted about a year and a half. It sounded great on paper and I'm really senior so I could make my schedule almost anything I wanted. I would work the early shifts in the US to try to not change my body clock. Unfortunately you cant really fool your body when you're trying to go to bed at 4pm with the sun shining bright.

I usually spent 2-3 days recovering at home after returning, never really slept well while in the USA, and eventually just gave it up because it was too hard on my body. Your results may vary. Oh and there's dealing with flights. If you're in a major European hub it helps (I wasn't) and if not you may spend an entire calendar day trying to get home/to work. Look into the tax situation too because it can be complicated depending on your citizenship/residency.

I'm glad I did it but I wont do it again

 

Wait, we can do that? Is it in Flica or do we need to call a chief?

 

In Flica, same as dropping a trip. You can drop one day a month UTO and the rest PTO, assuming the plethora of necessary grids are green. You have to do it before the block of reserve days starts though.

 

Can you bid (and be awarded) all 16-17 reserve days in a row?

 

Yes, this is pretty common. Basically if you have enough seniority to hold one or two of the weekends off then you can bid 17 in a row on

 

That's great - good for the commuters who likes that kind of schedule!

 

Apart from the whole non rev embargo thingy


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