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Do you start out on the 7 on 7 off as a new hire? Or the 15 flex?
Neither. You start on the 18-day training schedule, which the company can adjust as needed to accommodate training (with some limits). You'll be on that schedule for up to 120 days beginning with your first IOE tour, or upon completion of IOE, whichever comes first. You'll then go on the 18-day Fixed, or a different schedule if you bid it.
What is the 18-day fixed schedule?
You'll receive your schedule for a given month by the 15th day of the previous month. You can be worked up to 18 days in a month, and the scheduled days won't change once it's published.
There's a preferential bid system that'll let you put in for a couple days off, but they're not guaranteed.
Very good, thnx for the explanation. And the 15-day flew schedule, from what I understand, is a combo of reserve days?
In the case of my last mechanical problem, we ended up diverting to an airport short of our destination. A recovery airplane landed less than 30 minutes after we did!)
I agree. It's more of a 15 day "nonscheduled schedule" where you fly all 15 days, but I still like it over the other 2 options.From what I have seen of the 15, it is not being used as a reserve schedule but more a heavy days schedule. They know when these days are and the schedules are set around them.
Perhaps it is because I live in a large pilot base and am in a large fleet, we are busy on days 1-5.
Oh and you really don't want to bid CA on the 400, that sucks too, I'll tell you when it doesn't![]()
Don't get set on the 15-Day always working the busy days. The 15-Day is our opportunity to cover last minute changes in demand.From what I have seen of the 15, it is not being used as a reserve schedule but more a heavy days schedule. They know when these days are and the schedules are set around them.
Here are a couple of questions for NJA guys:
Are there tours or days of tours where you are not called out from home?
Day one.When does the health insurance coverage start?
I understand that it varies greatly by fleet. In the Encore it almost never happened. In the X or XL who knows.Do you airline mid tour very often?
Lately that seems to be more and more the case but not always. Your result may vary.Do you fly many trips on the first and last day of tours?
Not normally but it does happen on occasion. I actually had one tour in jan where I started and ended at my hba but that is definitely not the norm.Do you start at home base often?
Do you start at home base often?
99.99% of the time you WILL be called out.Are there tours or days of tours where you are not called out from home?
Sometimes frequently, sometimes never.Do you airline mid tour very often?
Usually yes. Sometimes both, sometimes neither.Do you fly many trips on the first and last day of tours?
90% No.Do you start at home base often?
Don't get set on the 15-Day always working the busy days. The 15-Day is our opportunity to cover last minute changes in demand.
I think that both of these are dependent on your base and your fleet. If you choose TEB as your base, then I think you can count on flying on first and last days, as well as picking up your jet in TEB. If you live in Medford, OR, I would not expect very many starts from there, but you could airline a short distance and pick up a plane and fly a leg or two.Do you fly many trips on the first and last day of tours?
Do you start at home base often?
Are there tours or days of tours where you are not called out from home?
Do you airline mid tour very often?
Do you fly many trips on the first and last day of tours?
Do you start at home base often?