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09-07-2021, 02:31 PM

#91

symbian simian

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Originally Posted by dualinput

I can see that if this job becomes just extra fun money and dropping down to one trip a month is viable.

Say, how do I find a wife that makes more than an airline captain?

Living in base and both working full time- hello early retirement.

Not mutually exclusive...

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09-07-2021, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by symbian simian

Not mutually exclusive...

https://www.wai.org/

I know some do it but a two pilot family would be next to impossible for me to raise kids. You’re either both gone and someone else raises them or you fly opposite schedules and you’re essentially a single parent and never see your spouse.

09-07-2021, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by dualinput

Yup, option 2, 20 years in, 14 and 11 years old.
And before kids, we bid opposite for the dog.... finally at the point where we have a sitter and 10 days together.

09-08-2021, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by CincoDeMayo

The 3am phone call sucks BUT nice to sleep to 10am know you slept through 7 hours of reserve.

I think on my time with reserve, I may have gotten 1 3am phone call.

09-08-2021, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by 69fastback

I think on my time with reserve, I may have gotten 1 3am phone call.

Granted it’s base specific but back in the day, before we had a trip rig worth a crap, bases like DFW was pretty much all 4 days that start at 6am and end at 11pm. Best pay you would see was 22.5 if you had the long overnight kicker. So those 3am phone calls were always coming in for those early shows. R11 and r19 were awesome because you only had 5 raps vs 6, so it went senior and you were never used unless it was a red eye for the R19

So in the end, every pilot will have their own hatred for RAPs based on the time and base they were on reserve. And when I was on reserve, that r3 was the worst.

Luckily now with the higher trip rig, the company doesn’t want to pay crews to be 92 hours TAFB, so we see more balanced schedules.

So much better now

09-08-2021, 09:39 AM

#96

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Originally Posted by CincoDeMayo

I always exceeded guarantee and averaged 80-86 hours on R3 in Dallas for that exact reason. Day one was always a 6 am push, usually to LAX with a long overnight, for a 4 day with a late return. And it was usually on my schedule the day before so I self notified to avoid the surprise wake up call. They only managed to surprise me at 3 am 2 or 3 times. Always with an MX repo of some kind. Otherwise you could usually look at the open time pot and pretty much guess your trip on day one.

That may not be current reality. I haven’t been R3 or Dallas based in a while.