Airline Pilot: Schedules & Pay
Once someone decides they want to be a professional pilot, they often ask me about my schedule. How often do I work? How long am I away from home? What is an airline pilot schedule like? The easy answer... There is no answer! Schedules... The schedules at the airline not only differ from person to person, but company to company. Passenger airline pilot's often have a similar way in which their schedules work, and cargo airline pilots have another. I do not know too much about cargo other than many of them work 14-16 days on, then 14-16 days off. Yes, 14-16 days straight, away from home. For passenger airline pilots (I am going to use what I know, mostly based on my company which works like most), our schedule does not work like that. We have federal laws that require us to have so much rest in a given day, week, month, year. These rules don't apply (mostly) to cargo operators. Each month on the 15th, a "bid package" comes out (see picture one below). ...
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