PDX Runs
First off, congrats on getting PDX, you'll love it there. The prop runs are just about split between bank and UPS. The bank runs leave around 8am and return around 8pm (a couple runs are plus or minus an hour or so). The UPS runs leave at 7, but you show at like 515 to preflight and sit at UPS for an hour waiting for freight. They get back around 5-6pm. Being the low man on the totem pole look forward to doing 413 which makes I think 4 stops each way with a layover in Ontario, OR. We're talking NDB approaches to minimums in the mountains, in the ice in the winter. Fun stuff. Block times are anywhere from as little as 2 for the short UPS runs to 5 or 6 for 413 when the wx's down. Most average about 3 or 4 hrs/day. Upgrade to the 99 is non-exsistent for the most part. The turbine guys there rarely leave. Maybe when the majors pick up again, but not anytime soon. Most prop guys wind up leaving to fly the 99 sooner (I just bolted to our Billings, MT base where turnover is high). Best of luck to you. People are great, maint is great, layovers suck (in terms of things to do). Anything else you want to know I'll be happy to help you out.