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02-09-2022 | 09:44 AM
#41
P/T Gear Slinger
Joined: May 2017
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From: Airbus
Instead of telling you what not/to do, I'll share my experience.
At F9, I push all my flying to one end of the month or the other, sometimes all my days off to the center, depending on my wife's schedule. I don't usually group both ends together and have two months' flying back to back and two months' days-off lumped together. But, it can be done. Remember you may have to fight 117 limits when you do that. I do when I try to pick up extra flying.
OK, I'll tell you what to do.... I say come here and put your toes in the water and see if you like. Worst case, you go back home for good and try something new. Maybe you decide to stay here, or maybe you find the trans-Pac commuting misery worth it.
At F9, I push all my flying to one end of the month or the other, sometimes all my days off to the center, depending on my wife's schedule. I don't usually group both ends together and have two months' flying back to back and two months' days-off lumped together. But, it can be done. Remember you may have to fight 117 limits when you do that. I do when I try to pick up extra flying.
OK, I'll tell you what to do.... I say come here and put your toes in the water and see if you like. Worst case, you go back home for good and try something new. Maybe you decide to stay here, or maybe you find the trans-Pac commuting misery worth it.
02-09-2022 | 10:17 AM
#42
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Dec 2012
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We have a few international pilots (Mexico, Central American) doing those fdo lines I mentioned. 12 off 18 on. Stacked together you can do 24 off at a time. The 18 on start with long call but that wouldn’t help from Australia. They also tend to go a bit senior.
02-16-2022 | 08:17 AM
#44
On Reserve
Joined: Oct 2016
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Essentially paid parking in your base of choice. For example, you live in DFW but commute to LAS, you can pick one or the other.
No reimbursement for commuters for out of base parking.
No reimbursement for commuters for out of base parking.
02-16-2022 | 09:03 AM
#45
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Jul 2021
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Paid parking in a domicile also needs to be put in to context. It’s paid for in the employee lot. Most of them are far except for ACY. Riding the bus is long hours and days of your life wasted. It’s like a refugee bus to hell. Many just pay to park in long term garages to avoid the busses. I’d gladly go to some sort of garage reimbursement.
02-16-2022 | 09:16 AM
#46
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Oct 2019
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paid parking out of base hahah. Go to united dude
02-16-2022 | 09:20 AM
#47
Gets Weekends Off
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Paid parking in a domicile also needs to be put in to context. It’s paid for in the employee lot. Most of them are far except for ACY. Riding the bus is long hours and days of your life wasted. It’s like a refugee bus to hell. Many just pay to park in long term garages to avoid the busses. I’d gladly go to some sort of garage reimbursement.
for a ULCC.
02-16-2022 | 09:35 AM
#48
Line Holder
Joined: Jun 2006
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Just make a base pass thru ORD to get the airport employee designation on your ventra transit account, then get a base parking pass from whatever base of your choice and commute from a city where it’s free to park, like Latrobe or Columbia. This is the way of a cheap pilot.
02-16-2022 | 09:44 AM
#49
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02-16-2022 | 10:57 AM
#50
P/T Gear Slinger
Joined: May 2017
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From: Airbus
Paid parking in a domicile also needs to be put in to context. It’s paid for in the employee lot. Most of them are far except for ACY. Riding the bus is long hours and days of your life wasted. It’s like a refugee bus to hell. Many just pay to park in long term garages to avoid the busses. I’d gladly go to some sort of garage reimbursement.
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