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Originally Posted by Sioux39
I was wondering if any of the regional pilots on here could provide an example of what a typical schedule looks like at any given time. I'm curious as to how many cities you visit in a day, how many hours do you work at a time, etc.
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.