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Originally Posted by SurfNJ I heard cargo is better for family life, why? |
Depends on the type of cargo. On-demand (ie, you're wearing a pager 24/7), forget about it. QOL can be pretty crappy.
Scheduled stuff like feeders can be a decent schedule. My current schedule would be great (relatively speaking, I guess) for someone with a family:
Mon: 0400 show at the airport, off at 0500, at destination by 0630. Then empty repo flight to another airport 1 hour away, layover until 1530, go back to the airport, off at 1640, back at base by 1745, walking out the door to go
home between 1800 and 1830. Tue: AM Reserve- 0530 show, sleep or watch TV until all of the morning flights get on the ground. If no problems, heading
home by noon. Wed: 0505 show. Back up the other feeder flights at UPS. If none of them bulk out, sit around until 0800, then go home. Show back up at 1345, empty repo flight down to airport mentioned above, pick up a load of boxes, fly back to base, unload, and headed
home by 1800-1830. If one of the flights DOES bulk out, then you'll go where you're needed, and do an empty repo to get in position for the afternoon flight and grab a hotel while you wait. In this case, you'd be
home by 1800-1830. Thurs: AM Reserve, see Tuesday
Fri: See Wednesday
Sat/Sun: Off!
My last job (on-demand freight), was something like: Beep beep beep- go to [
insert TX border town, or other ghetto place here], wheels off at 10pm, and don't plan on coming home anytime soon. Goodbye! Repeat x6 nights a week.
Hope that gives you a little bit of an idea of the smaller freight side.