Typical RJ FO Schedule
 

Just wounding what a typical RJ FO schedule look like. How many days on and then off and how far in advance you know your schedule. Thanks

That depends - are we talking about Mesa FO's or XJet/SkyWest FO's ;)

I'm holding 16 days off and 80+ awarded hours a month, and I am fairly junior in base.

Next month, I have either 3 or 4 day trips with four days off after each...15 days off for the month and it's a 91 hr line. It was awarded about 3 days ago now. I too, am relatively junior in the company, but senior in my seat for my domicile.

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Did you try using the Google search feature located on the upper left side of the page? I'm sure you can find the answer to this, along with answers to other questions you may have.

well at colgan the bids arnt even out yet, and we probably wont know our schedule till like the 22 or maybe later

dude your avatar is awesome, i seriously thought there was a bug on my computer and was about to get a tissue and squash it!

At Eagle line holders vary from 12-19days off. Occasionally I've seen 20days off lines.

This bid I will have 10 days off with a whopping 77 hours of pay credit. You should know your schedule 28 days in advance based on what you bid. In reality my schedule will probably get changed at least 10-20 times in a month, my planned days off will change at least two or three times and I never have any idea what is going to happen or when I will get home. When these guys on APC tell you that your choice of airline is a huge decision they are not lying. When I chose my airline I read all the messages on here saying don't go to XYZ airline cause it's horrible and management treats you like crap and I had the attitude of it can't be that bad. I thought they were just exagerating but they aren't. Heres an example of my schedule the last three days. 8 a.m. day one: fly a leg to airport A, get there at 9:15 a.m., done for the day, overnight there till 7 a.m. the next day when I fly to airport B, sit at airport B for 5 HOURS, fly a leg to airport C, done for the day. Away from base for 36 hours for 4.5 hours of pay. Day three is supposed to be my day off. Crew scheduling calls and informs me that I am being junior manned and will not get my day off as scheduled. 15 hours of duty on my day off and now I can't commute home. Because my original bid had 11 days off and our minimum is 10, they don't even have to give me another day off. Choose very very wisely when deciding on an airline, it can and will affect your life greatly.

>>>>>>Mesa, eh?

16-17 days off, average line credit 85-90 hours with weekends off. As someone mentioned above, it depends on the company and your seniority. XJT F/O

Depends at TSA. I've had up to 23 days off with IOE drops, usually average 16-17 now. All about to change!

I have a 5 day reserve block starting tomorrow...getting paid to do my taxes:D

this is probably a silly question but I just noticed a bunch of ya'll are ERJ drivers. Can you max out and at FL 41.0 the ERJ like the CRJ?

i have had 17-19 days off for the last 6 months or so. block anywhere from 75-90 hours. infact i almost have 2 weeks off in a row at the end of the month. i have 3, 3 day trips this month with a couple of days bleed over from jan.

While the CRJ is certified to FL410, I've never been higher than FL370 in it. I would imagine the ERJ is similar, but I'll let someone who actually knows something about it fill you in!

Our ERJ's are certified for FL370 with temp limitations of -65c to -21.5c (SAT)...usually not a factor.

Be a man and use your bare hands.

can you guys please state what airline you work for when you write your schedule :)

ASA ATR Reserve FO. I work once every three weeks.

Make guarantee.

fun.

S5

varies from 14-16 days off, ~80 credit hrs. started in july.

tend to have 3 or 4 days in a row off, the occasional 7-9 day stretch (where i pick up trips from guys wanting the days off). mostly 4 day trips.

SKYW DEN CRJ FO, >1.5 years

12-15 days off, 90-100 credit...getting more days off and less credit the last few months due to overstaffing. Before that, it was regularly 12 days off and 99 hours credit scheduled. Usually 4 day trips...standups on occasion (I commute).

I had a PBS-issue and ended up with a month of 6 on, 2 off last summer...that sucked. My fault, solved the problem and moved on. :)

XJT FO.

Still on reserve here (9/07 hire, but since classes stopped for the winter I've been stagnant), and all of our normal reserve lines are built with 12 days off per month for months with 31 days, or 11 for 30 days or less. We do have what are called "floating reserve lines," which have 14 days off per month.

Im a Mesaba (XJ) f/o. Got hired on in July '07 and due to the growth going on I've been a lineholder since before I even had IOE.

SKW CRJ F/O, >1 year.

12 to 16 days off, easy (now) to drop down to the minimum 62.5 hours credit with SkedPlus+ (an online program), for even more days off. Of course, that's dependent on reserve staffing, which we're very fat now.

Last summer, blocked 95 hours, July 2007 did five 4 day trips for only 11 days off (lowest ever). We were VERY short.

I bid, and get, 4 day trips on PBS, start late for commuting in.

Colgan. 14 days off for the month. 98 block and 115 credit (picked up an open day with double draft.) In Texas with senority you should always block 90+ with a credit around 100. Pick up more time and it is even better.

Comair...My first month holding a line, go 16 days off with about 76 or 77 hours of pay. I dropped one trip and picked up another getting me about 79 i think. As the month went on I got displaced and got even more days off because of weather so I go paid for a whole 4 day with only 4 legs :) At the end of the month ended up crediting about 83 hours. Now I went back on reserve for this month and I've flown 4 legs this month. I do have recurrent checkride this month so that helped with not getting much. Hopefully there's some movement again here so I can get a line again. Back on reserve sucks.

Anybody giving RAH info??

PNCL MEM FO.. 15-18 days off with weekends off. Been here since Fall 06. Mix of 3 and 4 day trips. About 80 hours of credit. Easy to pick up if you want more time or money- we are very understaffed!

Only when the F/O is in the CA's seat.

owwww, ouch.

Im an XJT FO. Last month I credited 92 hours. Had 16 days off. Depends though on what you do yo get it. You have to know the contract, what you can do with it etc... This month, 3 weekends off and so far this month I have been off for 9 days total...not too bad!

Quick question for those of you flying for a regional. Is there enough "down" time during a flying day to get 3 - 4 hours of billable computer work in on a regular basis? I am thinking of pursuing a flying career and I am about a year a way from being a competitive candidate but I am concerned about income levels during the first few years. I have a skill set that would allow me to make enough money on the side as to not take a substantial hit if I can count on getting 20 billable hours in a week. In your opinion is this possible?

That shouldn't be a problem...from my experience, most overnights are in the 13-18 hr range (I fly mosty the -700, the -200 can vary more). If you take 8 hours of sleep, and a bit of time to un-wind and eat, you should have plenty.

As long as you are flexible that should not be a problem. A typical 3-4 day trip gives me at least one long 16+ layover. With 2-day trips I am home part of every day. I can almost always have time to grab a workout, check out a new place, and grab dinner and a drink and still get 8-9 hours of solid sleep on a single trip. Some nights though are 8 on the ground so its straight to the hotel for the pillow "faceplant" followed by the "wake up before the sun" routine. Of course your experience and company may vary!

Been there and done that last October! I love PBS...only took me about a year of mistakes to figure it all out.