Question for all you night guys...
08-28-2007, 07:41 PM
#4
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2007
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Posts: 1,290
Is that like one of those MMPI questions? Do you EVER...
Of course, once in a while everyone gets sick of doing anything they do repetitively. And a no-sleep day prior to an all-nighter is bad news.
That said, night has better weather. Easier to spot aircraft. Less traffic. Fewer frequency changes. Less radio chatter. More direct routings. No airport departure/flow delays. Just professional pilots up there.
I got more sick of the issues involved with flying during daylight hours.
8driver
Of course, once in a while everyone gets sick of doing anything they do repetitively. And a no-sleep day prior to an all-nighter is bad news.
That said, night has better weather. Easier to spot aircraft. Less traffic. Fewer frequency changes. Less radio chatter. More direct routings. No airport departure/flow delays. Just professional pilots up there.
I got more sick of the issues involved with flying during daylight hours.
8driver
08-29-2007, 03:39 AM
#9
Line Holder
Joined APC: Apr 2007
Posts: 60
NO MATTER HOW G-nightOOD LOOKIN SHE IS.....
So goes the cliche, "No matter how good lookin' she is, somebody's tired of boinkin' her".
Anybody who has worked a job long enough will get tired of it. The problem with flying nights is you get so used to getting what you want. There's miniscule traffic conflicts, request direct........approved as requested, can you give me a heading for........sure, 10 degrees right until receiving. Problem is, when you fly days, you get holding patterns, slow to ......for 20 mile spacing, gate holds, turn 30 degrees right for traffic, decend FL310 for traffic....yadda, yadda, yadda.
You then yearn for the mid-night ease of flying.
Ok, I'm not THAT tired of her
Anybody who has worked a job long enough will get tired of it. The problem with flying nights is you get so used to getting what you want. There's miniscule traffic conflicts, request direct........approved as requested, can you give me a heading for........sure, 10 degrees right until receiving. Problem is, when you fly days, you get holding patterns, slow to ......for 20 mile spacing, gate holds, turn 30 degrees right for traffic, decend FL310 for traffic....yadda, yadda, yadda.
You then yearn for the mid-night ease of flying.
Ok, I'm not THAT tired of her
08-29-2007, 05:29 AM
#10
On Reserve
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Posts: 24
I like the night flying pretty well. The hardest part is your first day (night) out after being home for a while. It's great taking off on the east coast and get cleared direct civit for the arrival into LAX. Rummage through the catering, break out the newspaper, make a radio call every now and then, but you're always thinking how good that hotel bed is gonna feel.
I could fly day, night, domestic, or international just as long as the pay and QOL is good.
BD
I could fly day, night, domestic, or international just as long as the pay and QOL is good.
BD
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