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To: SkyDancer

What say you?


14 posted on 03/06/2016 8:16:30 AM PST by PROCON
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To: PROCON

Do not want. I know regional pilots and their schedules are not fun. Example. There are two types: line pilots and reserve pilots. Line pilots pick and choose their flights, trade with other pilots (it’s more detailed than that); reserve pilots don’t have a regular schedule but are on call so like at 3am they get a call to do a flight from Phoenix to Chicago but they live in Atlanta. They have to get a jump to Phoenix to do their flight but the clock doesn’t start until push-back. Some airlines don’t start paying until wheels up so whatever taxiing time to get to takeoff there’s no pay. So our hero gets to Chicago and guess what? No flights so they hang out in the crew lounge waiting for a flight. There’s more to it than what I wrote. I like my bizflights although not every week.


81 posted on 03/06/2016 3:35:44 PM PST by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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