Flights/Day and Commuting
04-29-2019 | 07:14 AM
#15
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04-29-2019 | 07:22 AM
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04-29-2019 | 10:42 AM
#17
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So what's your suggestion? Sit on your a** as an FO just so you can be based at home? Turn down upgrading and valuable tpic time because you think commuting for a temporary period is too difficult? GMAFB!
It's aviation. Most do whatever they gotta do for the job and climbing the aviation ladder.
It's aviation. Most do whatever they gotta do for the job and climbing the aviation ladder.
04-29-2019 | 04:19 PM
#18
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Don't forget that if you commute to base and you are on reserve, you'll be sitting in a crash pad instead of home for weeks a month (depending on how EXJ uses you). It makes a huuuge difference to sit at home vs in a crash pad or apartment away from home so much.
04-29-2019 | 06:51 PM
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This. Commuting to reserve and just sitting for weeks in a crashpad with 12 other people was its own special hell. I never wanted to quit so bad. 3 weeks away from home with little to no privacy and flying maybe 10 hours a month for a year was terrible. Still I stuck through it and it got better with a line and seniority. When I upgraded and went back to the bottom, I just signed for an apartment with flexible leases. No more than 6 months at a time. Sitting reserve now is soooo much better.
04-29-2019 | 09:00 PM
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When I was commuting to LAX on reserve I didn’t want to bring a vehicle, so I found a crash pad with a “crash pad car”. I ended up playing Uber Driver for everyone else all day everyday as we had 15 plus pilots sharing the car. That sucked
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