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emelin · September 10th, 2001, 23:02

As far as being on-call on your days off - if you are at the bottom of the senority ladder all of your days ON will be on-call and you must be ready to fly within two hours. After you have some senority you can bid on a regular line and won't be on call at all. Either way you will never be on call during your days off.

Most airlines offer flight bennefits that allow you to live anywhere you want and commute via airliner. If you are on reserve (on-call) you must be in your base city for the entire 24-hour day that you are on duty (unless you are flying a trip of course.) Commuting to work usually adds a day to your trip you are flying, so this might not be practical if you are working for a regional as you won't probably won't have many days off. Relocation may be a better option. However, you probably won't have to relocate to another country unless you are working for an airline in another country, so if you apply for airlines with bases in your country you should be fine.

September 10th, 2001, 23:02	#2
emelin Newbie Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Pueblo, CO Posts: 26	Re: Question on moving As far as being on-call on your days off - if you are at the bottom of the senority ladder all of your days ON will be on-call and you must be ready to fly within two hours. After you have some senority you can bid on a regular line and won't be on call at all. Either way you will never be on call during your days off. Most airlines offer flight bennefits that allow you to live anywhere you want and commute via airliner. If you are on reserve (on-call) you must be in your base city for the entire 24-hour day that you are on duty (unless you are flying a trip of course.) Commuting to work usually adds a day to your trip you are flying, so this might not be practical if you are working for a regional as you won't probably won't have many days off. Relocation may be a better option. However, you probably won't have to relocate to another country unless you are working for an airline in another country, so if you apply for airlines with bases in your country you should be fine.