Regional Pilots - How many days off?

[Caveman]

Just read my schedule for May. 16 days off. 83 hours. No less than 3 days in a row off all month. Every Sunday off. Two four day trips. Three two day trips. One out and back. I started one week vacation today and with consecutive days off that I bid for I don't go back to work until the second week of May. With two years seniority I'm just over halfway up the seniority list for FO's. Life is good at CMR.

 

[Anaconda]

i can get a very commutable line at comair with 15 days off a month, anywhere from 82 to 85 hours of credit a month. i would peg my f/o seniority at around half way up the list with just over two years here (86er).

four 4-day trips for may: trip, two days off, trip, five days off, trip, three days off, trip, 5 days off in that order...

i would like to correct one commonly held misconception that ACE mentioned in his post. when we go to 12 days min for reserves in june, it will be for 31 day "bid periods", not "calender months". this may not seem important, but it is. jan and mar are 31 day months, but they are NOT 31 day bid periods. so, only 11 days off for those months.

isn't mesa's new contract something like 8 days off for reserves? way to raise the bar there...

 

[chperplt]

I've been averaging 16 days off a month with 85 hours flying. With my commuting, I'm home 13 or so days a month.

 

[dondk]

Pinnacle...

18 is the best I have ever seen, the lowest for a line holder is usually 11 but 10 is per contract.

Reserves can be either 12 or 10 days off depending on the type of reserve.

All bases are about equal in time off, the average tends to be in the 13-15 day's off range with block in the mid 80's.

Captains recently.. 90+ in block (guarantee is 75) and 11 days off as an average when they were bidding seperately from us.

I am in the middle seniority for my base (DTW) and can hold a commutable 14 day line that blocks anywhere in the mid 80's.

With some trips you can get a the first day start in the late afternoon/early evening and finish on the last day before 9 am.

Lastly.. money can be made here as we have open time like nothing I have ever seen before. For whatever reason we do not give open time to reserves, so the line holders get richer and the reserve get guarantee and maybe 20 hours a month if they are lucky... 30-7 is almost a given once or twice a month for most guys.

 

[KingAirKiddo]

I have 31 days off in May as one of the most junior pilots on the ACA seniority list

 

[Buzo]

Though I haven't started flying yet, we do a 10on, 10 reserve, and 10 off per month. If we go out to outstations we do a 2 week on 2 week off schedule.

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

At TSA, 10 days off for reserve, 11 day min for lineholders. I think the guarantee is 82? hours pay/month. You can get more by picking up open time.

At my current freight co. we work on a 28 day bid-cycle (13 cycles/yr, just like the lunar cycle) . We have 8 days off now (Falcon 20), going to 10 in June. DC-9 guys get 12 days off.

Next year we go to a plan of pay by the day. You can choose 8/10/12/14 days off/28 day cycle-the more days you work, the more pay you get (U can change your bid # of days of every 6 months).

Cliff
GRB

 

[ArcticFlier]

SKYW.....In FAT on the RJ side. I've got 14 days off 88 hours pay with 66 hours block. Reserves get 10 days off 75 hour guarantee in the RJ and if I remember right the EMB guys get 75 hour guarantee and 10 days off for reserve and 80 hour guarantee for line holders. On average, it's probably 13 days off and 85 hours pay.

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