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07-10-2022 | 07:29 PM

#381

Gilligan13

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Originally Posted by Riverside

on the whale, the schedule optimizer has really taken those 2 week trips away. You have to be crazy senior to get it. Typically you'll see 8 days on 1 or 2 days off then another 7 or 8 day trip.

Thats rough if you commute. Are most trips 14 days? Or do they have 8-10 trips?

07-11-2022 | 12:36 AM

#382

Riverside

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Originally Posted by Gilligan13

Thats rough if you commute. Are most trips 14 days? Or do they have 8-10 trips?

Not rough if you just stay in ANC. You're just trading days off in ANC by not committing more than once. No, only like 2 or 3 are 14 days straight. Then the remaining 200 lines are a mix.

07-11-2022 | 09:57 AM

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Hellafo

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Originally Posted by airplanes

It seems like the FedEx guys I know like to brag online about dropping their whole schedule or working 6 days a month with double DH on every trip. I assume they are exaggerating how often that happens but is the schedule really superior at purple? I always assumed the brown/purple differences were pretty minimal.

I believe the difference stems from Standard operating practices, Brown likes to run lean on pilots and give JAs(Not sure how that's saving then money), so being short staffed plus squeezing everyone's schedules with the optimizer gives you the result of deteriorated QOL...long duty dates, short layovers, multiple segments per duty period.
Hella, optimized.

07-11-2022 | 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Riverside

Not rough if you just stay in ANC. You're just trading days off in ANC by not committing more than once. No, only like 2 or 3 are 14 days straight. Then the remaining 200 lines are a mix.

Is there a 8 or 10 day trip once a month or your always going to have a couple days off then back on the road?

07-11-2022 | 12:10 PM

#385

tnkrdrvr

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Originally Posted by Gilligan13

Is there a 8 or 10 day trip once a month or your always going to have a couple days off then back on the road?

If you are doing an 8-10 day trip followed by a second only a couple days later, the second trip would be 2-4 days long. You would then have a week or two off.

07-11-2022 | 06:46 PM

#386

EzFlyerz

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Riverside

on the whale, the schedule optimizer has really taken those 2 week trips away. You have to be crazy senior to get it. Typically you'll see 8 days on 1 or 2 days off then another 7 or 8 day trip.

confirm whale = 747?

don't hate me I'm new.

07-11-2022 | 07:02 PM

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brownboyflying

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Originally Posted by EzFlyerz

confirm whale = 747?

don't hate me I'm new.

Correct

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07-18-2022 | 04:34 AM

#388

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I know 3 IPA folk who have spouses flying at 5X. Consensus is that it’s basically the same schitt, different color. Some of their contract points are better and vice versa. Which one is actually better is all in the preferences of that person.

07-18-2022 | 04:35 AM

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HeavyPilot83

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Sounds like most 74 ANC flying is international. How'd the SDF 74 flying? Are the trips shorter duration? Or are the SDF and ANC lines similar? I searched for this but couldn't find much. I have a UPS CJO with a 7 Nov class date, which I've been told is a "heavy" class and that I'll most likely be going 74s to ANC. Just seeing what the life is like. I'm also new here.