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Old 09-02-2006, 07:13 AM
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If you want to read a little more about what a typical Regional pilot does beyond just the alpha-numerics associated with the print out schedule, here is a link to Jetcareers.com. Might find it interesting and informative.

http://www.jetcareers.com/content/view/37/60/

Hope this is of help.
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Old 09-02-2006, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by MikeB525 View Post
Fosters, a couple questions about you: how long have u been at AWAC and what seat do you fly? What is your domicile and about how many credit hours do you get per month?? Thanks.
I'm an fo, been here about 1 year. I bid about halfway up the FO list in domicile (not PHL based...).

As boilerup said, you can pretty much get anything you want (sans reserve) if you live in base. Right now, if you bid for commutability, your lines WILL suck. In fact, if you are low on the todem poll your lines will suck no matter if you are a commuter or live in base, but things get better with time.

He was on reserve 1 month (according to his post). The people that were hired just 1-2 months after him are STILL ON RESERVE. This shows you how important timing is. He was hired in the middle of a great hiring spree (I was hired at the beginning of it, it started around this time last year, and I sat 4 months on reserve, but did enjoy a nice 5-week long paid vacation prior to OE...).

Don't expect what happened to him or I. Seriously .

As for what I get for a line, I have bills to pay so I bid for lines that are 90+ hours (unless I need specific days off) with a TAFB of at least 300 hrs, which gives me $450 in per diem per month and around 13-14 days off per month and a credit of around 95-100 hours at the end of the month. I live in base, so this allows me to do this. If I was a commuter my lines would credit significantly less. For instance, last month I had 16 days off and credited 90 hours. It was a good line.

On second year pay, excluding per diem, I expect to gross around $3100-$3300/month. Per diem would be another ~$450 (tax free) or so per month, but I'm finding I'm starting to spend it a bit more on trips now that I'm on second year pay .
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Old 08-09-2015, 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by freezingflyboy View Post
Here at ExpressJet we have 1, 2, 3 or 4 day trips. Usually you will have anywhere from 1 to 5 legs each day. We do very little point to point flying (just a few places out of LAX and Mexico) so you will typically fly out from the hub to an outstation and then back to where you started or continue on to a different hub (like fly Houston to Nashville then to Newark). Some days you will fly very close to 8 hours with a 12 or 13 hour duty day but then usually the next day is shorter to compensate. About the only time you will have 5 legs back to back is on a 2 day trip. Here is an example of a typical 4 day trip.

Day 1
IAH-BNA
BNA-EWR
EWR-SYR
SYR-CLE
CLE-BUF
7h41m flight time 11h54m duty time

Day 2
BUF-EWR
EWR-SAV
3h55m flight time 5h55m duty time

Day 3
SAV-IAH
IAH-STL
4h30m flight time 6h41m duty time

Day 4
STL-EWR
EWR-CVG
CVG-IAH
7h35m flight time 10h58m duty time

Obviously there are many variables when it comes to schedules but I hope this answers your question at least somewhat.

I'm in the Air Force with about 2000 hours and might be getting out in a year. I live in Atlanta and one option is to work for ExpressJet since it's based out of there.

Lots of good information in this post! Even though this thread is several years old, I was just wondering if this is still accurate for ExpressJet??

Also, when it comes to bidding on a schedule, what are your choices when you first get hired as a FO? My goal would be to fly as much as possible and build up hours fast, and then hopefully work my way to the majors since I already have 2000 hours.

Lastly, do you ever get weekends off in the Regionals as a new guy?
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Old 08-09-2015, 06:26 AM
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Lastly, do you ever get weekends off in the Regionals as a new guy?
Don't plan on weekends off at any airline as a "new guy."
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Old 08-09-2015, 06:36 AM
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You will be on reserve for a while when you first start, so you can not control how much you fly. Once you hold a schedule, you can load up and fly as much as the regs allow. Forget about weekends off for a while, but as a consolation, weekend trips are a little easier with respect to dealing with delays and such. Do not commute to a different base to hold a schedule faster. You will be sorry.
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Old 08-09-2015, 07:03 AM
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This thread was dead for almost 10 years. Some one had too much time on their hands.
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Old 08-09-2015, 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by prex8390 View Post
This thread was dead for almost 10 years. Some one had too much time on their hands.
If it is relevant to the info he needs, why start a new one?
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Old 08-09-2015, 07:17 AM
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Well to answer his question, expressjet is a sinking ship, you'd be foolish to go there now a days. One of those companies that was doing well for a while and just it seemed overnight crapped the bed.
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Darn it FlyerJosh, there you go bringing back the good memories from Blue Ridge!
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Originally Posted by prex8390 View Post
Well to answer his question, expressjet is a sinking ship, you'd be foolish to go there now a days. One of those companies that was doing well for a while and just it seemed overnight crapped the bed.
Why is ExpressJet a sinking ship? I live in Atlanta, so rather than move I could stay there. That's why I'd go there.
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