EngineOut
Time to Make the Donuts!
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- Apr 5, 2003
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learflyer said:A typical Frac pilot layover: After a 14 hour day, I hurry up and try to clean the lav, find a darn garbage can for my trash that the bratty kids on board left for me, and hopefully convince the FBO girls to get us hangar space because of the up and coming blizzard that is coming tonight.
Now, we are in the FBO and we just post-flighted with dispatch to tell us we have less than 10 hours of rest tonight followed by another 14 hour day (and to call back in 15 minutes because "we don't have your hotels yet for you!" Now the fbo is telling us their is no transportation for us to go to the hotel, and the Holiday inn van will take about 45 minutes to get here.
We finally get to the hotel, and ask to use their microwave for our crew meals and they say no. "We are not responsible for radiation illness!" OK. Is the restaraunt open? No. It JUST closed.
Am I exagerrating here a little? Perhaps. But this scenario happens atleast twice a week!! I guess my point was is that there are no "layovers" for frac pilots. There is just no time!
You must work for Flex.