15 on 13 off

[rajflyboy]

Work 15 days on and then have 13 days off

Thats an extremely tough schedule. How do you guys and your families handle this?

Sounds like your managment needs its balls broken for doing that?

 

[Geronimo4497]

If you are single and enjoy long blocks of time off, it is ideal. Even more so come vacation time Obviously only a small fraction of pilots would like this option. I am one of them.

And the attitudes on this board are simply disgusting. Oh wait, this is FI.

 

[rajflyboy]

If you are single and enjoy long blocks of time off, it is ideal. Even more so come vacation time Obviously only a small fraction of pilots would like this option. I am one of them.

And the attitudes on this board are simply disgusting. Oh wait, this is FI.

Certainly a single man's game or someone that will be single very soon!

and YES my attitude sucks when talking about a crazy schedule like a 15 on and 13 off

 

[NoJoy]

What about 13 on 15 off-that sounds a little better anyway.

 

[jetwash]

What frac's are on the 15 On/ 13 Off ?

Is it by choice?

 

[rajflyboy]

What about 13 on 15 off-that sounds a little better anyway.

Hell Yeah!

Now how do you folks pack for 15 days gone?

 

[Geronimo4497]

New invention: Washing machines and dryers.

 

[learflyer]

Most cargo companies are 17/13. don't be such a Nancy.

 

[Dooker]

Most cargo company pilots who work that schedule are sort of pathetic.

Everybody else either stays away or bails PDQ.

 

[rajflyboy]

with some of these schedules

Living in a trailer park and having a job at Wal Mart or Big Lots sounds pretty damn good!

 

[learflyer]

Most cargo company pilots who work that schedule are sort of pathetic.

Everybody else either stays away or bails PDQ.

RRiigghhtt..

 

[jtf]

I did a 14 and 14 once upon a time. I was single and I could jumpseat back when there were lots of empty seats and jumpseating was easy. It was great going on vacation every month. Now that I'm married, I wouldn't want to do it ever again, but I wouldn't have a problem with it being a choice as long as it wasn't mandatory.

 

[atpcliff]

I think a typical regional schedule of 3 on, 2 off would be better. For every 15 on then you would have 10 off. So, you would have less days off than on the fractional schedule. And, you would get to commute twice on the two days off that you have! That would be MUCH better than commuting once and having 13 days off!

cliff
GRB

 

[batsky2000]

Hell Yeah!

Now how do you folks pack for 15 days gone?

Seriously? What planet are you from? You are a pansy if you can't pack for 2 weeks or more into a normal size roll bag, how much crap do you need to bring with you that you never use anyways..

I work 1 month on and get 1 month off with pay and love my schedule and am married, and have been for 10 years. The month go's by fast and then I get a whole month off to do whatever I want..

Not aware of too many airlines that offer 6 months off per year with pay, but a pansy like you can't handle being gone that long because you would not be able to pack enough

4 on 3 off or 3 on 4 off or whatever schedule you are on sucks, by the time you get home and take care of your stuff, you have to head back to work.

Its all yours if that is what you like, I will keep my 30 days off and enjoy my long vacation............

 

[ProFracPilot]

Since this is in the fractional forum, I assume the schedules we're discussing are for fractional flying.

There is no way I would want to work longer than the 8 days I currently work - in the fractional environment. Packing for longer than that is an issue. Most tours over the last year have been so busy there wasn't time to do laundry. When you're being scheduled for 14hr duty days (not to mention the 10 in 24 flight hour issues) back to back to back, your duty "free" time leaves you little time for more than a quick bite, maybe some exercise, and, hopefully, restful sleep. Of course several of those nights are going to result in something less than restful sleep, so cumulative fatigue becomes a factor.

If a 15 on 13 off schedule has some guaranteed extended rest days, or if the type of flying leaves you on reserve at the hotel for a few of those 15 days, maybe. But trying to work that schedule in our type of flying is, in my opinion, dangerous. If they tried to implement that system-wide, the fatigue calls would come fast and furious starting at about day 7.

Of course our schedule can't be modified without amending our union negotiated contract, so 15-on, 13-off ain't happenin'. And I'm protected from retaliatory action should I call fatigue. Not all of the fractional companies have those protections. But thankfully, we do.