Flying outside of the Regionals?

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10-02-2013, 01:26 PM

#21

flynavyj

Gets EVERY weekend off

Joined APC: Jul 2006

Position: SIC

Posts: 1,367

Yeh, I don't know many regional guys who fly on the side...When I was still flying for a living, I NEVER took up a small plane on a recreational or for profit flight...not because I didn't like flying in small planes, I just didn't find the free time, and I wasn't willing to allocate the money (what little I had) towards it.

I've recently started instructing again and am enjoying it. I still wasn't willing to put much money towards recreational flying, so I find a job to do it on the side. I get the joy of instructing every week, and doing a bunch of sight seeing tours in a skyhawk.

It's a great way to spend the few days a week I get out of the office.

10-02-2013, 05:07 PM

#22

StartUp161WanaB

Gets Weekends Off

Joined APC: Dec 2011

Position: Left Seat 98Toyota

Posts: 250

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geardownflaps30

Recreational flying not a problem.

Flying for hire, eg. instructing, is a problem as any compensated flying counts towards your 30 in 7, 100/month and 1000/yr.

The first time you call your chief pilot to tell them you can't finish your 4 day trip due to a 30 in 7 problem because you instructed 7 hrs on your days off, well, you will be given a choice real quick. (And how are you going to fudge this in your logbook if you're doing it to "build time" a
s someone suggested?!)

Yes. Flight time/duty regs change in January. Will cause even more issues with required rest in 7 days.

Interesting post. I recently called a flight school for a lesson on their tailwheel aeronca champ. They have only 1 cfi that does tailwheel. Turns out that he works for the airlines. Didn't ask too many questions about who he works for, but he sure is hard to get a flying lesson with.

10-02-2013, 10:03 PM

#23

sulkair

Gets Weekends Off

Joined APC: Jan 2009

Posts: 1,459

Quote:

Originally Posted by rcfd13

Most people get 16 hours off per day + two days off on the weekends. Airline pilots don't have the luxury of being able to do their laundry and run errands after work each day. All I was saying with my post is that I realized that I need my two full days off that I get per week to catch up on things I couldn't do during the week. Instructing is pretty much out of the question until I'm senior.

I know right? (By the way is that phrase on it's way out yet?). ...anyway, kind of sad you have to spell this out on AIRLINE PILOT cental. I agree 100 percent. Days off have a different meaning to pilots living in hotels 4 nights a week.

Now if you could log a few hours in a 172 during your 18 hour layover in SDF that might be cool. At home, no freakin way!