Regional Lifestyle ??

[Padre]

Coming from the military, I have very little experience with airline lifestyle....other than the rumors and stories.

If anyone has a few extra minutes, I would appreciate hearing about how life is with Air Wisconsin or Skywest. How many nights are you away from home, and how many hours/days per month do you fly.

Thanks ahead of time for the info.

Padre

 

[CRJDriver]

Padre-

Well I can only tell you about SkyWest schedules, but I'm sure the other regionals are pretty similar.

We have locals (home every night), 2 day back-to-backs (2day trip, home one night, then another 2 day trip), 3day trips, 4day trips (the majority of our lines), 5day trips (only in the RJ) and trips called stand-ups. Stand-ups are kinda similar to locals. The report time is later in the evening (usually after 7pm), you do one leg to a layover, spend the night, then take the early flight out in the morning. You are usually done by 8:30am so you are pretty much home the whole day. The reason why they are called stand-ups is because you are "technically" on duty all night and you usually get less than 8 hrs of rest. Stand-ups go VERY senior.

The lines range from 12-18 days off a month. The 3day trips generally have the most days off. For reserve lines you get 11 days off a month. You will probably average 75-90 hours of flying a month unless you do stand-ups then they average 30-40 hours a month. Reserve is a whole different story - total crap shoot.

Life at a regional isn't as bad as everyone says it is when you are a junior pilot, but it is as good as everyone says it is once you get a little seniority.

Hope this info helps.

CRJDriver, SkyWest lifer

 

[Padre]

CRJ Driver,

Thanks for the info. That does help, I just wonder how similar Air Wis is to Skywest.

Padre

 

[bobbysamd]

Hey, Padre . . . .

I like your Avatar!!!!

I can tell you that I know that Air Wisconsin has been a decent regional gig for years. People wanted it twelve years ago. It was up there with the other top commuters of the day, such as SkyWest and Horizon.

 

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