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FlightOpsDude · April 12th, 2005, 11:28

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Do most freight carriers run this type of schedule (1wk on/off, 2wk on/off, etc.)?

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I used to be a lead crew sked at atlas. We had crews who were on base standby in MIA for more variable schedules out of there down to south america, and in ANC to pick up the pacific flying. Most of the other crews were on Resident Standby, which basically means you are at home waiting for that call, and if you do not return the call in 15 mins, you usually get written up. A lot of pilots are tired from having to deadhead all over the world... I remember a few instances where a crewmember had to be commercial'd from his home somewhere in the Midwest to DXB to back up a sick pilot or something in the vein. The -200 pilots did a whole lot more flying than the -400 guys, while hte -400 guys were complaining that they just spent day sitting on stanby without doing any flying.

April 12th, 2005, 11:28	#10
FlightOpsDude Newbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: JFK, LGA, FRG Posts: 3	Re: Question for the UPS/FedEx pilots about scheduling [ QUOTE ] Do most freight carriers run this type of schedule (1wk on/off, 2wk on/off, etc.)? [/ QUOTE ] I used to be a lead crew sked at atlas. We had crews who were on base standby in MIA for more variable schedules out of there down to south america, and in ANC to pick up the pacific flying. Most of the other crews were on Resident Standby, which basically means you are at home waiting for that call, and if you do not return the call in 15 mins, you usually get written up. A lot of pilots are tired from having to deadhead all over the world... I remember a few instances where a crewmember had to be commercial'd from his home somewhere in the Midwest to DXB to back up a sick pilot or something in the vein. The -200 pilots did a whole lot more flying than the -400 guys, while hte -400 guys were complaining that they just spent day sitting on stanby without doing any flying.