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Trips Ahoy

Brucek: Yeah it is a freighter arrv/dep to ANC, but once we hit NRT, we mix it up both pax and freight, which is neat, because its nice to have total silence, ergo boxes and other times the dynamics of pax/Flight Attendants is great too.

Wow, 4 day layover you head home AND get per diem? That rocks!
 
Chperplt, Do you guys always alternate legs when running flight like HYA-ACK-BOS or do you keep the leg when do the quick 15min stoppers?
 
Here is a Taste of Corporate. The Following was my September schedule flying a Falcon 50 based in Chicago:

9/07: Chicago - Washington DC - Phoenix
9/08: Layover in Phoenix
9/09: Layover in Phoenix
9/10: Phoenix - San Francisco - Chicago

9/13: Chicago - Portland, ME
9/14: Portland - South Bend, IN - Chicago

9/23: Chicago - San Francisco
9/24: San Francisco - Chicago

Paid Salary, so the flight hours don't really matter for pay. All pilots swap legs and seats...if you are flying, you are in the left seat.

JetPilot500
 
I'll add my corporate schedule for the last couple of months to the mix for comparison's sake. Like JetPilot500, I alternate legs and seats on all trips ... when I fly, it is from the left seat. I fly a King Air 200 for a small department with a fairly seasonal schedule.

I am based in North Carolina ... here's our last couple of months.

8/3: Day trip (IAD, pax drop)
8/4: Day trip (PDK, pax drop)
8/7-12: Vacation (the airplane did a two-day to IAG and a PDK turn while I was out)
8/17: Day trip (IAD, pax drop)
8/20-22: Three-day to DAL (18 hour l/o) and HOU (20 hour l/o)
8/30: Day trip to FFT (Frankfort, KY)

9/10: Day trip to INT (Winston-Salem, NC)
9/16: Day trip to GYH (Greenville, SC) for MX

August was a fairly typical month for us (10 flying days) but a little slower than usual, and September (2 flying days) was much slower than usual. Our department usually stays busiest November/December and July/August ... like I said, our company's travel tends to be somewhat seasonal.

In between trips, I had maybe a half-dozen "hangar days" ... cleaning and stocking the airplane, keeping Jepps updated, trip planning, and one day where we were at the airport ready to go when a trip canceled at the last moment due to some change in the company's plans. When I'm at the hangar on a non-flying day for these responsibilities, it is usually for no more than two hours or so.

In smaller corporate departments such as mine, the variation can be much greater than in larger, multiple-aircraft departments.

R
 
Thanks, these are great replies....

This thread has generated some interesting information. keep 'em coming! Thanks to all that have participated so far......

Bruce.
BJC, Jeffco, CO
 
Charter 737-800, my last trip.......Commercial to BNA, van to HOP 18 hour layover. Fly to Gander fuel fly to FRA. 14 hour layover, fly to KEF, fuel,fly to DOV. limo to PHL commerical to PIT. 25 hour layover with 24 off, fly PIT to Gander fuel, fly to FCO(Rome) 14 hour layover. DH on aircraft to JFK, commerical home. 7 day trip 29 hours of block time, 29 hours of credit time. Charter is great you never know where you are going to go and wind up.
 
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Charter 737-800

Is this a BBJ? I ask because of the NAT segments, although I see you stopped at CYQX and BIKF enroute (and I realize that LH is running a B738 on NAT as well).

Charter must be great- but do you ever get "dry" periods where there's nowhere to fly to?

Thanks,

Bruce.
 
Alot of you guys will find this very amusing but its what I fly on a on a regular basis for Lakes on the Brasilia side. Every trip I fly is 3 days and typically log 87 hrs per month.

Day One

CYS-DEN
DEN-CPR
CPR-DEN
DEN-CPR
CPR-DEN
DEN-CPR

Day Two

CPR-DEN
DEN-CYS
CYS-DEN
DEN-CPR
CPR-DEN
DEN-CPR

DAY THREE

CPR-DEN
DEN-CPR
CPR-DEN
DEN-CYS
CYS-DEN
DEN-CYS

Sound like alot of fund doesn't it! I got a high speed going to a couple cities in N. Dakota tomorrow and I'm sure I'll get lost or somehow find myself turning torward Casper (CPR) since thats the only place I know how to get to recently.

Peace!
 
The trips are very similar in nature to the movie ground hog day. We still have a lot of fun though.
 
At the present time we are the only 737-800 operator that has 180min ETOPS authorization with ops spec to fly all over the world. The flying never stops we are as busy as you can get.
 
Here's one of the rare 5-day trips I did last month:

Day 1
DH SLC-COS-DFW
DFW-MEM (short layover: 9.5 hrs)

Day 2
MEM-DEN
DEN-BNA (15 hour layover)

Day 3
BNA-DEN
DEN-MSO
MSO-DEN (19 hour layover)

Day 4
DEN-MSO
MSO-DEN
DEN-MSO (22 hour layover)

Day 5
MSO-SLC (off 4 days)
 
Spirit Airlines, MD80 scheduled 121. We don't make much, but this is the best part time job a pilot ever had.

My last four days consisted of back to back two day trips. 1700 show to fly FLL-DEN, ron. Leave the hotel around 1600 for the return trip to FLL. Off by midnight. Do it again.

Our schedule has a mix of one, two ,three, four and five day trips. Most days are two leg days. The occasional three leg day and no four leggers to my knowledge.

A typical pairing would be to start in DTW, then: LGA- RSW-ron-ORD-RSW-ron-LGA-FLL-ron-DTW. 20 hours flying.

We do have some butt-busting redeyes that leave LAX at midnight for ORD then continue to FLL with a 11am arrival. That pairing can be brutal if you spent the previous week on AM shows.


Beats working


regards,
8N
 
Typical trips
From the computer to the bathroom.
Down to the mailbox to send off some resumes.
Over to the fax machine to send off some resumes.
Out to Home Depot to get a job - no openings.

You get the picture.
 
In the pattern
To the practice area
Back in the pattern

15 minute layover

to the practice area
In the pattern
To untowered airport 11 miles away
In the pattern

15 minute layover

in the pattern
to the practice area
In the pattern
To untowered airport 11 miles away
In the pattern
 

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