Regionals...shady?
01-22-2009, 04:00 PM
#51
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,803
Widebody...In the name of all that is holy, this is not a business to go into if you "like" flying. Like others have said, you have to be fully prepared to do nothing else with your life. My case is an extreme example being a commuter, student, and neck-deep in debt...but I am lucky if I get to spend a full 24 hours a week at home. I literally live on the road, regularly call the crewroom couch home, and get back home with just enough time to wash my uniform, grab a decent sleep in my own bed, and commute back to work. No joke. You have to live to fly. If you can do that, flying can be the best thing you can do with your life. Good luck!
01-22-2009, 04:44 PM
#52
West Coast livin
Joined APC: Mar 2007
Position: Captain
Posts: 984
Originally Posted by widebodyjunkie
Holy Hell.....I should stick to my original plan and be a part-time mime. So then here's another set of questions, if the majors mimimums are in the low thousands...what is the incentive for a FO at a regional to stay there verses just going to a major and start working? Ex: say you're FO at eagle, and you've been there for five years and have 5K TT under your belt, why wouldn't you just go on to work for American instead of continuing to work at a regional making chicken scratch for pay?
And so I guess my question about how long is a pilot typically on reserve has already been answered huh? There's no way to know as it depends on what the general move of pilots are like at the time that you get out of training and start flying?
What about commuting pilots? Is it free to travel when even when you're off duty? Do airline pilots gets to fly for free with other airlines?
And so I guess my question about how long is a pilot typically on reserve has already been answered huh? There's no way to know as it depends on what the general move of pilots are like at the time that you get out of training and start flying?
What about commuting pilots? Is it free to travel when even when you're off duty? Do airline pilots gets to fly for free with other airlines?
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