Regional pilot numbers
09-12-2022 | 04:06 AM
#41
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But that’s your opinion.if you want to be home every day that’s your option. Either that or go work for allegiant.
09-12-2022 | 05:08 AM
#42
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Its not . I’ve done it b4 . Go to work around 1030-11 at night , fly to an outstation . Get a 3-4 hour nap and fly back into the hub by 7-730 am and go home . All day off at home .
Once again, if you live in base and are ok with min guarantee, have a spouse that makes good money or have a second source of income, it’s the way to go .
Once again, if you live in base and are ok with min guarantee, have a spouse that makes good money or have a second source of income, it’s the way to go .
09-12-2022 | 07:49 AM
#43
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They normally go very senior... some people like the time off, others actually have day jobs or businesses.
Now there are some 2-4 leg backside schedules with no opportunity to nap, which truly suck... that's a graveyard shift. I vastly prefer redeyes or standups to that sort of crap.
09-14-2022 | 08:32 PM
#45
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I'm in the guard. We have the same flight requirements as our active duty brethren and are at work far less and still hacking the mish just as well or better all while juggling full-time flying and non-flying gigs. The same principle could be applied to airlines. Just because it is not currently done that way doesn't mean it couldn't be.
09-15-2022 | 06:57 AM
#46
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Its not . I’ve done it b4 . Go to work around 1030-11 at night , fly to an outstation . Get a 3-4 hour nap and fly back into the hub by 7-730 am and go home . All day off at home .
Once again, if you live in base and are ok with min guarantee, have a spouse that makes good money or have a second source of income, it’s the way to go .
Once again, if you live in base and are ok with min guarantee, have a spouse that makes good money or have a second source of income, it’s the way to go .
09-15-2022 | 07:47 AM
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I've done them, it depends on the standup schedule and the individual and also what's going on at home. If you can nap, great. If you're working another job or caring for small children, that's tougher.
09-15-2022 | 09:04 AM
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I'm in the guard. We have the same flight requirements as our active duty brethren and are at work far less and still hacking the mish just as well or better all while juggling full-time flying and non-flying gigs. The same principle could be applied to airlines. Just because it is not currently done that way doesn't mean it couldn't be.
09-15-2022 | 02:48 PM
#49
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Unlike the airlines, the mil could find itself very suddenly needing large additional numbers of skilled operators, with a few days notice.
They don't offer the part time thing for the convenience of the members, that's done so they don't have to pay full-time people until they need them. They do have to pay for some training obviously.
They don't offer the part time thing for the convenience of the members, that's done so they don't have to pay full-time people until they need them. They do have to pay for some training obviously.
09-15-2022 | 02:52 PM
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I'm in the guard. We have the same flight requirements as our active duty brethren and are at work far less and still hacking the mish just as well or better all while juggling full-time flying and non-flying gigs. The same principle could be applied to airlines. Just because it is not currently done that way doesn't mean it couldn't be.
Economically, it is not ideal for airlines since they have to pay for the same recurrent training for part-timers. Lack of benefits would offset that some, but proably not all of it.
They might do it to enhance pilot staffing IF they thought there was an adequate pool of wanna-be part-time pilots waiting in the wings out there. There are some to be sure, but I'm not sure there's enough to make it worth while.
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