ASTAR Questions

[flyinboxes]

You will hang out in the hub and watch TV or read or sleep, or surf the net, then you will get up, go to the cafe and eat and drink a cup of free bad coffee. Then you will go out and fly to your next exotic destination, sleep all day, get up and fly back to ILN. If it's your last day, you will get in your car and go home or hang out and catch a jumpseat. I have never had an easier job in my life and the money is good. If you care only about cash and time off, this is the place. If you must fly to be happy, then this is not the place. Duty days average around 10 hours or so.

 

[Fly Astar Jets]

At roughly 9:00 pm you will start the return flight to Wilmington. Arriving at about 1:00 am. If you have another trip, the show time will be about 3:00 am again.quote]

Thanks, let me make sure I understand you. Rather than a 7 day trip, you usually do one day out and next back to the hub? A series of these makes up the 7 on? [YES]

Also, after you get back to ILN at 1 AM and work the next day, would you be done for a night in ILN, [NO] or ship out 2 hours later at 3AM? [YES]

Think of it like this. This is a generic seven day line:
First day on (Tue)- duty clock starts at 0330 in ILN and stops at 0830 at outstation and you ROD.
layover 12 hrs.
Second day on - duty clock starts 2030 at outstation,
you fly your trip into ILN, cool your heels for a few hrs., and fly back out to another outstation where your duty clock stops at 0830.

You do this for four days.

On the fifth day (Sat) You get to your outstation at 0830 and essentially your released from duty for the weekend until Mon. 2030. You fly your airplane back to ILN and your done for seven days. If you're senior enough to get a line with a weekend layover in your home town you can maximize your days at home. More often than not you'll JS home on Sat. and JS back to your layover city on Mon. Just remember it's your responsibility to get back or woe be on to you.

Hope this helps,
FAJ

 

[Chubaka]

The best way for me to explain it is, that you work a 24 hour day. Your show could be 3:30 am, you fly to destination arriving at 8:00 am, you're on the layover until 10:00 pm or so, leaving for Wilmington and arriving about 1:00 am. That is one trip. If there is a trip for you on the next day, it will start at, let's say 4:30 am. So in this case you had about 3 hours at the hub. Some eat, some sleep, some watch tv, you choose. Your week consists of several of these trips back to back. On the weekend you arrive, at your destination, Saturday morning at 8:00 am and don't go back to Wilmington until Monday night at 10:00 or so. It's a good job, but only if you can sleep some during the day. Personally, I sleep 4 hours, go eat lunch, go back to sleep 4 hours, and go to work.

 

[Tweaker]

_____Thanks for your information everyone! I understand the "alternative" lifestyle now. One thing feels weird though.

_____In all my posts, coming from an admitted position of ignorance, no one has felt the need to namecall me or denigrate my judgement in any real capacity. If someone cannot really bring it, I will not be sure this is a real pilot forum.

_____As to my priorities, pay and time off are definitely #1 and #2. The pay rates are "vedi niice." (Borat voice) I guess I should just make real my plans for a sweeet homebuilt plane of my dreams to get the flight fix. I have been flying equipment that I really enjoyed since I started professionally, and that is not and should not interfere with a long term decision like this.

 

[Chubaka]

Astar is supposed to hire 3 classes of 10. Probably all for the 727. Classes April, May, June. Don't hold me to it. Things can change fast here.

 

[Fly Astar Jets]

_____In all my posts, coming from an admitted position of ignorance, no one has felt the need to namecall me or denigrate my judgement in any real capacity. If someone cannot really bring it, I will not be sure this is a real pilot forum.

OK.

Your :uzi: avatar is boring.

You tag:smash: is gay (not that there is anything wrong with that).

You use to many uke: colors in your posts. AND WHAT THE H#LL IS WITH THE LINE BEFORE EACH PARAGRAPH.

There. Feel at home now. Your gonna fit right in brother. Might as well order your OOTSK shirt now.:beer:

FAJ

 

[AV8OR]

OK.

Your :uzi: avatar is boring.

You tag:smash: is gay (not that there is anything wrong with that).

You use to many uke: colors in your posts. AND WHAT THE H#LL IS WITH THE LINE BEFORE EACH PARAGRAPH.

There. Feel at home now. Your gonna fit right in brother. Might as well order your OOTSK shirt now.:beer:

FAJ

hehehe Well there ya go. That's pretty funny in context.

 

[Tweaker]

Thank you sir may I have another!

 

[pipejockey]

I figure I'll ask this on this thread. Are there any jumpseat wars between Astar and ABX? ABX flies out of a nearby airport and wondered if I would be denied the jumpseat trying to get to work at Astar if I were to be hired there.

 

[hvydriver]

I figure I'll ask this on this thread. Are there any jumpseat wars between Astar and ABX? ABX flies out of a nearby airport and wondered if I would be denied the jumpseat trying to get to work at Astar if I were to be hired there.

Nope, we j/s on each other.