3 pilot schedule

[StarHustler]

"Super midsize" category would include for example: Challenger 300, Falcon 50, Citation Sovereign, Hawker 4000, Falcon 2000 (on the larger side), G-200, etc (not all inclusive, just come to mind).

 

[RiddleEagle18]

This is a very busy airplane. Im still getting more details but ill let you guys know when I get all details. So far it sounds like 8 on 6 off.

 

[StarHustler]

This is a very busy airplane. Im still getting more details but ill let you guys know when I get all details. So far it sounds like 8 on 6 off.

I would KILL to get an 8 on and 6 Off schedule, we have been averaging 20 days a month for the last year, with only the FAA mandated 13 Hard Days OFF per quarter. Now that is Busy!

 

[RiddleEagle18]

I just got another email back. The owner hired a 74 year old friend of his for the 3rd slot!!! You thought age 65 was bad!!

74 years old. Can you even imagine?

 

[pilotyip]

I just got another email back. The owner hired a 74 year old friend of his for the 3rd slot!!! You thought age 65 was bad!!

74 years old. Can you even imagine?

wow! there is hope for me just be just being youngster of 68

 

[StarHustler]

74 years old. Can you even imagine?

To be Truthfull, I'm not sure who I would feel more sorry for, him or the guys that will fly with him.

 

[RiddleEagle18]

To be Truthfull, I'm not sure who I would feel more sorry for, him or the guys that will fly with him.

well the way the email was worded the chief pilot didnt sound thrilled about it at all. :laugh:

 

[landlover]

74 years old. Can you even imagine?

Slam...Click...

 

[phishn@daves]

This is a very busy airplane. Im still getting more details but ill let you guys know when I get all details. So far it sounds like 8 on 6 off.

How does an 8 on 6 off...work with 3 pilots? I can't make that work in my head..., though it may be very simple.

Thanks

 

[Flying Biker]

How does an 8 on 6 off...work with 3 pilots? I can't make that work in my head..., though it may be very simple.

Thanks

I was thinking the same thing. I have seen 8/4 but I have tried to make an 8/6 work with 3 pilots and I can not get it to work without having the plane only maned by 1 pilot for 8 days a month.

 

[JJET44]

well the way the email was worded the chief pilot didnt sound thrilled about it at all. :laugh:

So Riddle, does that mean your out? Did they hire Grampa instead of you or is he pilot #2 and your pilot #3?

 

[RiddleEagle18]

So Riddle, does that mean your out? Did they hire Grampa instead of you or is he pilot #2 and your pilot #3?

Im out they hired granps.

The whole 8 on 6 off thing was said in passing. We did not progress very far down the road of offering a job. Had we progressed farther I would have pressed harder for more details.

I interviewed at this company a year and a half ago and the chief liked me but the owner went with a guy who was already typed. The plane got really busy and and they want a 3rd guy so the chief just called me and asked if I was still interested. The owner screwed us again and went with his 74 year old buddy.

 

[gern_blanston]

well the way the email was worded the chief pilot didnt sound thrilled about it at all. :laugh:

Good that you didn't get the job then, if that's the boss's attitude. Consider yourself lucky.

 

[freighthumper]

Its where both pilots are current and qualified to sit left seat and they rotate PIC duties and neither of them gets there rocks off about being in charge.

Perfect definition!

 

[Freight Dog]

How much you wanna bet that you were undercut in terms of salary?

See, a 74 year old pilot can draw his full Social Security check AND work full-time. So the owner, being able to work a spreadsheet goes "YEAH, I'll pay him less since he's getting full Social Security as well!" and he gets to 'help' a buddy by giving him another sense of purpose in life.

Someone should call ALPA - maybe they can use this guy as a poster gramps to raise the retirement age to 80.