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07-02-2014 | 05:09 AM
#1552
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From: 737-Right
4 4 days.
Flying a "cool" plane doesn't make up for lost days off. Nor does going to a museum in a strange foreign country.
I'm sure you think it's great and so would I. I'd especially like to meet some nice Belgian women
but for how long? If you regularly overnight in Brussels how many times can you go to that museum and still enjoy it?
I have no problem with enjoying your job. I enjoy work when I am there, but it's still work.
Again, if you have any responsibility to your company at all it is not a day off. That was my original point.
Flying a "cool" plane doesn't make up for lost days off. Nor does going to a museum in a strange foreign country.
I'm sure you think it's great and so would I. I'd especially like to meet some nice Belgian women
but for how long? If you regularly overnight in Brussels how many times can you go to that museum and still enjoy it?I have no problem with enjoying your job. I enjoy work when I am there, but it's still work.
Again, if you have any responsibility to your company at all it is not a day off. That was my original point.
This gives credence to my point of rsv days off at home.
07-03-2014 | 05:29 AM
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From: erj-145 FO
most new hires/ any one less than two years will have 12 to 11 days off. of those 11-12 days you will lose another 5-7 because start times are always 3am and then they push you to 11pm res the last day. no way to get home until your days off. On avg. they would give 6 days on two days off, then another six days. I was home less than 12 hours in two weeks. I would not even break 75 hours because they would dhd me outsome where wait six hours then dhd me again during those 6 days. go somewhere else.
07-03-2014 | 06:07 AM
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most new hires/ any one less than two years will have 12 to 11 days off. of those 11-12 days you will lose another 5-7 because start times are always 3am and then they push you to 11pm res the last day. no way to get home until your days off. On avg. they would give 6 days on two days off, then another six days. I was home less than 12 hours in two weeks. I would not even break 75 hours because they would dhd me outsome where wait six hours then dhd me again during those 6 days. go somewhere else.
07-03-2014 | 06:14 AM
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From: Wet behind the ear pis$ ant FO
most new hires/ any one less than two years will have 12 to 11 days off. of those 11-12 days you will lose another 5-7 because start times are always 3am and then they push you to 11pm res the last day. no way to get home until your days off. On avg. they would give 6 days on two days off, then another six days. I was home less than 12 hours in two weeks. I would not even break 75 hours because they would dhd me outsome where wait six hours then dhd me again during those 6 days. go somewhere else.
07-03-2014 | 07:15 AM
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most new hires/ any one less than two years will have 12 to 11 days off. of those 11-12 days you will lose another 5-7 because start times are always 3am and then they push you to 11pm res the last day. no way to get home until your days off. On avg. they would give 6 days on two days off, then another six days. I was home less than 12 hours in two weeks. I would not even break 75 hours because they would dhd me outsome where wait six hours then dhd me again during those 6 days. go somewhere else.
Commutability is another story. Maybe one trip a month commutable but can bid and hold long overnights in my home city 1-5 of those per month so that kind of makes up for the lack of commutability.
Out station based in "Mecca"...aka "the mother land"...aka Indy.
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07-03-2014 | 07:16 AM
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07-05-2014 | 07:35 PM
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One full month of reserve, flew 55, credited 63. Generally 5-6 days on followed by 2-3 days off
First two months w/ a line, minimum 12 days off, pretty much non-commutable (early shows late finishes)
After that, been averaging around 13-15 days off, and about two-thirds of the pairings have been commutable. Outstation based.
YMMV depending on base, of course.
First two months w/ a line, minimum 12 days off, pretty much non-commutable (early shows late finishes)
After that, been averaging around 13-15 days off, and about two-thirds of the pairings have been commutable. Outstation based.
YMMV depending on base, of course.
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