5 day trip - Page 2

BobDDuck · April 25th, 2006, 12:48

It's funny this came up. Through some other people misbidding (and not checking a very small box) I ended up with a pretty kick ass line this month. Well, actually, it isn't so kick ass but it is the first time I'm not on reserve so I am happy about it. Anyhow, it has 3 two day trips and 3 four day trips. I've gotten so lazy about being away from home due to being on reserve that I was looking at ways to get those 4 day trips into 2 or 3 day trips. I guess I should just deal with it. More per diem that way anyways.

Baronman · April 25th, 2006, 14:51

5 and 6 day trips? Ouch.....Big ouch. You work for a regional that has these?
Based on your avitar I'm guessing so...

stultus · April 25th, 2006, 15:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by BobDDuck

I ended up with a pretty kick ass line this month. Well, actually, it isn't so kick ass but it is the first time I'm not on reserve so I am happy about it.

Congrats, Bob, no reserve, eh? I think I misbid for next month, though it doesn't make that big of a difference for me.

About 5 day trips, as a commuter I wish we had them! Exhausting, but would end up as more time at "home" for me.

SFLAX · April 25th, 2006, 15:09

We have three day trips backed up with a two day trip or a combination of 6 days in a row. But at mesa, in ,my base 90% are commuters, and in other bases 90% live on base. So our scheduling committe has finally convinced our schedule gods to take that into consideration. So alot of the lines in ORD are 4 to 6 days for this reason. I like it. I have 5 days off in a row twice next month.

Doug Taylor · April 25th, 2006, 15:34

Single? Kids?

MikeD · April 25th, 2006, 15:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheFlyingTurkey

Ahh...the life of a reserve pilot!
Just got the call from scheduling...I get to start a 5 day trip tomorrow!

I HATE 5 DAY TRIPS!

Even if the first day is just a deadhead.
Hell, I hate 4 day trips. Nothing like flying 6 legs a day for 4 days straight! But I guess I have to "pay my dues". CRAP!

And the worst part is I have to fly with a Harrisburg crew...that means flying to Philly

and New York

.

Could be worse. You could be deployed for 10 months or more to places where people really don't like you......except for target practice.

Though EWR might potentially fill that description!

Makes a 5 day-er look like nothing.

Doug Taylor · April 25th, 2006, 15:46

Yeah, but you get to go to the O-Club and beat up Eagle pilots!

In EWR, we just layover by the prison and beg the bartender for a crew discount.

skyhawk39 · April 25th, 2006, 16:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doug Taylor

Yeah, but you get to go to the O-Club and beat up Eagle pilots!

In EWR, we just layover by the prison and beg the bartender for a crew discount.

Eagle drivers only drink for show and Hawg drivers drink to slow...

ColMustard · April 25th, 2006, 16:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by stuckingfk

I have a 3 day trip starting tomorrow going into SNA. Meeting up with Chip Foose to look at some cars and then going golfing.

In two weeks I have 7 day trip to Florida. For that week, the boss is chartering a boat to tarpon fish. And we're also golfing a few rounds in the Naples area.

Yeah those long trips suck....

Ok, THESE are the trips I want to "complain" about! lol

Are you really rubbing shoulders with Foose?! Are you looking for some overhaulin type cars? BTW what golf course in your avatar from?

-ColM

SeanD · April 25th, 2006, 17:33

Ahhh Im going to be good at this away from home thing. I got crew experience minus the technical aspect of flying an airplane

. Below is my perspective of 4 days of a 10 day tour last winter with the low budget band I play in. Yes I am bored at work today. Enjoy, and my lap top sucks so forgive the grammer errors.

Day 1 - Vegas to Flagstaff - weather in Flagstaff is snow and we are running late. Get to Flagstaff and an hour late and its 15 degrees out. Find a hotel for $80 a night with 1 bed. There are 6 people in the van for the entire 10 day tour. A 4 hour drive get to the venue, unload the trailer in the snow, a few crew members slip on ice,we get a good laugh at their expense for a moment. The venue has no heat. Wait for showtime. Show was ok, the guitar players could barely play due to mild frost bite on the fingers. Time to drink a little before last call. Head back to hotel room. Only 3 can sleep in the room the others are in the van. I was in the van, what a long cold night.
Hours slept - 4.5
Merch sales - $20
Venue pay - $50
People at the show - 75

Day 2 - Flagstaff to Phoenix - Wake up at 8 am a few of us go get some coffee on foot. We are all on a $3.00 a meal budget. Its still cold but the coffee was top-notch. Calculate the distance from Flag to Phx and gear up to check out of the hotel. All good until we try to start the van. Dead battery from blasting the heat all night for 4.5 hours. One hour later we get a jump and onto Phoenix. Get to the venue located in the ghetto an hour early. Head out on foot for food then back to the venue to load in. There are 8 bands on this bill. The show went well. Its about 1 am and we load up. The next stop is San Diego so we cant stay in Phoenix due to the long drive to SD. One hour into the drive one of the guitar players remembers he forgot his back pack at the venue with all of his pedels, cables, cash ect. We head back to PHX get the bag and off again. One hour later we get a call from the PHX venue promoter, he tells me the other guitar player forgot his pedels, cables ect. Back we go to PHX. What a long night. No after show beers either.
Hours slept- 4
Hours driven - 7 and counting
Merch - $10
Venue pay - $50
People at the show - 100

Day 3 - Phoenix to San Diego - It 7 am and we are still driving from PHX. We should have arrived by now but some of the crew forgot some important things in PHX causing us to re-route back to PHX 2 times. Finally a nice veiw of the ocean as we approach San Diego. Since the load in is 1pm we go to the beach to hang out. Unfortunently food is very expensive in SD and we are all on the $3 a mean budget we all chip in out $3 and get a pizza. After a little sight seeing we head to the venue. No one is there and we find a note reading "Due to a power failure in the building the show has been moved to DelMar below is the address. We whip out the map and plot the course to DelMar which is about 35 min north of SD. One of the crew thinks he knows a way to divert to avoid area traffic so we divert. Unfortunently the change in our original heading has tacked on an extra 30 min to what shoud have only take us 45 min to complete. After a little stress and tension we arrive to the new location. We are a little late and unload the trailer as quick as we can since we play 1st. The show was okay at best. Not a lot of people due to re-locating the show. The next show is LA so we have time and head out to find a cheap hotel near downtown SD. We end up meeting some nice people to show us around and lend us some floor space in their house to sleep on. It was a fun night and the house was a mansion overlooking the Pacific Ocean so we arent complaining. Finally a full night sleep until their parents get home at 4 am and throw all of us out. Broke, hungry and no place to go. It looks like we will be sleeping in the van. At least we had an ocean view.
Hours slept- 4
Hours spent driving - countless
Merch sales - $0
Venue pay - $20
People at the show - 30

Day 4 San Diego to Los Angeles - The WX is pretty bad this morning for SD. Rain, fog, wind. We decide since its raining and a few of us are soaked from sleeping on the beach that its time to head to LA. There is a lot of uphill driving on this leg and pulling a 1000lb packed up trailer with a 15 passenger van with strong crosswinds is going to be tough. So far we are in day 4 and only one of us has had the luxury of a shower so the van is not smelling so ripe anymore and the humid air is not helping. All is good and the van is holding firm against the winds until we loose a hub on the trailer axle causing the van to swerve almost out of control. Time to pull over and inspect the damage. Lucky for us one of the crew used to be a mechanic and told us he can fix it. After a little MX (2 hours) and long walk to get parts and $100 later we were ready to depart again. The MX delay managed to throw us in the middle of LA rush hour traffic. Three hours later we get the our destination. Tonights show is at the legendary Whiskey A Go-Go on the Sunset Strip. No time to sight see, we are late and have to unload asap. We unload, check our show time and grab a beer. Lucky for us we have friends in LA so we know we will have a free place to sleep along with a shower. The show went great. Time to load up the trailer and make sleeping arrangements. We end up only a few miles from the venue however there is no where to park the van and trailer. Someone will have to double park and sleep in the van. Next stop is Santa Barbara and the WX should be okay.
Hours slept - 6.5
Hours driven - 5
Merch sales - $100
Venue pay - $100
People at the show - 250

NW004 · April 25th, 2006, 18:22

5 day trips? JAJAJA at least you get to sit down! LOL I have to work putting ceramic tiles up 3 story buildings all by hands for 11 hours, and only 1/2 hour break for lunch 3 days of the week. and all i do every once in a while is just watch the planes roar by, at least is entertaiment having MKE about 1 mile from work. And all for mini9mun wage, there you have a dream job.

TheFlyingTurkey · April 25th, 2006, 20:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shemsey

That is why I made that comment, because I do remember reading your posts Turkey, about getting hired and all, and then to see a post like that is sad to say the least.

I must have offended you with my post for you to call it sad. Maybe my tone didn't come across as I intended. I wast just posting my upcoming trip, with a little humor by using the smileys, so that people considering this profession would see what it's really like. Yes, I knew what I was geting into. Don't get mad at me if you need 3000 hours in Canada...move here.

And why can't I not like some aspects of my job? What? Because I reached my goal of becoming an airline pilot I have to like every single aspect of it? Be careful what you wish for pal, you might just get it.

stuckingfk · April 25th, 2006, 20:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by ColMustard

Ok, THESE are the trips I want to "complain" about! lol

Are you really rubbing shoulders with Foose?! Are you looking for some overhaulin type cars? BTW what golf course in your avatar from?

-ColM

We landed at SNA around 4:30 and just got to the hotel. Damn traffic, I guess we take that for granted in ND.

As for Foose, yeah my boss "rubs shoulders" with him. He has had several cars done by him and has spent more money than you'd believe at his shop. The cars my boss has had restored make the overhaulin cars look like pintos!

But the reason we are here is to check his current project out (40 Caddy or 54 Bel Air, not sure) and for a meeting on thursday.

TheFlyingTurkey · April 25th, 2006, 21:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by stuckingfk

We landed at SNA around 4:30 and just got to the hotel. Damn traffic, I guess we take that for granted in ND.

As for Foose, yeah my boss "rubs shoulders" with him. He has had several cars done by him and has spent more money than you'd believe at his shop. The cars my boss has had restored make the overhaulin cars look like pintos!

But the reason we are here is to check his current project out (40 Caddy or 54 Bel Air, not sure) and for a meeting on thursday.

Damn I would love a 54 Bel Air!

ColMustard · April 26th, 2006, 01:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by stuckingfk

We landed at SNA around 4:30 and just got to the hotel. Damn traffic, I guess we take that for granted in ND.

As for Foose, yeah my boss "rubs shoulders" with him. He has had several cars done by him and has spent more money than you'd believe at his shop. The cars my boss has had restored make the overhaulin cars look like pintos!

But the reason we are here is to check his current project out (40 Caddy or 54 Bel Air, not sure) and for a meeting on thursday.

My Dad would be super jealous. He likes the '55 Bel Air's.

You meet the chick from overhaulin then? She's hot! If you did, then I'd be jealous.

-ColM

ColMustard · April 26th, 2006, 01:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by NW004

5 day trips? JAJAJA at least you get to sit down! LOL I have to work putting ceramic tiles up 3 story buildings all by hands for 11 hours, and only 1/2 hour break for lunch 3 days of the week. and all i do every once in a while is just watch the planes roar by, at least is entertaiment having MKE about 1 mile from work. And all for mini9mun wage, there you have a dream job.

Is that you Joe?

Dugie8 · April 26th, 2006, 01:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheFlyingTurkey

Ahh...the life of a reserve pilot!
Just got the call from scheduling...I get to start a 5 day trip tomorrow!

I HATE 5 DAY TRIPS!

Even if the first day is just a deadhead.
Hell, I hate 4 day trips. Nothing like flying 6 legs a day for 4 days straight! But I guess I have to "pay my dues". CRAP!

And the worst part is I have to fly with a Harrisburg crew...that means flying to Philly

and New York

.

Damn man, I would give my first born for a 5 day trip. I'm on an 8 day rotation right now. If you go into PHL thursday morning, listen for Air Transport 841, or 842, cant remember which one right now.

averyrm · April 26th, 2006, 07:51

I was 8 on/ 6 off. Just switched to 4 on/ 3 off and home every day. One of the nice things about scheduled freight.

Doug Taylor · April 26th, 2006, 10:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by ColMustard

Is that you Joe?

"Naw, naw, it me, Bubba main!"

ColMustard · April 26th, 2006, 12:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doug Taylor

"Naw, naw, it me, Bubba main!"

hehe, one of the good ol' boys eh?

Hey Doug I really dig that avatar man!

-ColM

April 25th, 2006, 12:48	#26
BobDDuck Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Left Seat Posts: 5,564	Re: 5 day trip It's funny this came up. Through some other people misbidding (and not checking a very small box) I ended up with a pretty kick ass line this month. Well, actually, it isn't so kick ass but it is the first time I'm not on reserve so I am happy about it. Anyhow, it has 3 two day trips and 3 four day trips. I've gotten so lazy about being away from home due to being on reserve that I was looking at ways to get those 4 day trips into 2 or 3 day trips. I guess I should just deal with it. More per diem that way anyways. __________________ TBJC08 The Gear Monkey The Gear Monkey Store

April 25th, 2006, 14:51	#27
Baronman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NEWARK Posts: 1,049	Re: 5 day trip 5 and 6 day trips? Ouch.....Big ouch. You work for a regional that has these? Based on your avitar I'm guessing so... __________________ "I got a FEVER, and the only perscription is more Cow-Bell!"

April 25th, 2006, 15:09	#29
SFLAX Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: On the Road Posts: 175	Re: 5 day trip We have three day trips backed up with a two day trip or a combination of 6 days in a row. But at mesa, in ,my base 90% are commuters, and in other bases 90% live on base. So our scheduling committe has finally convinced our schedule gods to take that into consideration. So alot of the lines in ORD are 4 to 6 days for this reason. I like it. I have 5 days off in a row twice next month.

April 25th, 2006, 15:34	#30
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 40,600 Blog Entries: 1	Re: 5 day trip Single? Kids? __________________ Doug Taylor http://76school.flyblog.com (old!) http://30west.flyblog.com (updated 11/28)

April 25th, 2006, 15:46	#32
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 40,600 Blog Entries: 1	Re: 5 day trip Yeah, but you get to go to the O-Club and beat up Eagle pilots! In EWR, we just layover by the prison and beg the bartender for a crew discount. __________________ Doug Taylor http://76school.flyblog.com (old!) http://30west.flyblog.com (updated 11/28)

April 25th, 2006, 17:33	#35
SeanD Old Skool Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: KLAS Posts: 3,372	Re: 5 day trip Ahhh Im going to be good at this away from home thing. I got crew experience minus the technical aspect of flying an airplane . Below is my perspective of 4 days of a 10 day tour last winter with the low budget band I play in. Yes I am bored at work today. Enjoy, and my lap top sucks so forgive the grammer errors. Day 1 - Vegas to Flagstaff - weather in Flagstaff is snow and we are running late. Get to Flagstaff and an hour late and its 15 degrees out. Find a hotel for $80 a night with 1 bed. There are 6 people in the van for the entire 10 day tour. A 4 hour drive get to the venue, unload the trailer in the snow, a few crew members slip on ice,we get a good laugh at their expense for a moment. The venue has no heat. Wait for showtime. Show was ok, the guitar players could barely play due to mild frost bite on the fingers. Time to drink a little before last call. Head back to hotel room. Only 3 can sleep in the room the others are in the van. I was in the van, what a long cold night. Hours slept - 4.5 Merch sales - $20 Venue pay - $50 People at the show - 75 Day 2 - Flagstaff to Phoenix - Wake up at 8 am a few of us go get some coffee on foot. We are all on a $3.00 a meal budget. Its still cold but the coffee was top-notch. Calculate the distance from Flag to Phx and gear up to check out of the hotel. All good until we try to start the van. Dead battery from blasting the heat all night for 4.5 hours. One hour later we get a jump and onto Phoenix. Get to the venue located in the ghetto an hour early. Head out on foot for food then back to the venue to load in. There are 8 bands on this bill. The show went well. Its about 1 am and we load up. The next stop is San Diego so we cant stay in Phoenix due to the long drive to SD. One hour into the drive one of the guitar players remembers he forgot his back pack at the venue with all of his pedels, cables, cash ect. We head back to PHX get the bag and off again. One hour later we get a call from the PHX venue promoter, he tells me the other guitar player forgot his pedels, cables ect. Back we go to PHX. What a long night. No after show beers either. Hours slept- 4 Hours driven - 7 and counting Merch - $10 Venue pay - $50 People at the show - 100 Day 3 - Phoenix to San Diego - It 7 am and we are still driving from PHX. We should have arrived by now but some of the crew forgot some important things in PHX causing us to re-route back to PHX 2 times. Finally a nice veiw of the ocean as we approach San Diego. Since the load in is 1pm we go to the beach to hang out. Unfortunently food is very expensive in SD and we are all on the $3 a mean budget we all chip in out $3 and get a pizza. After a little sight seeing we head to the venue. No one is there and we find a note reading "Due to a power failure in the building the show has been moved to DelMar below is the address. We whip out the map and plot the course to DelMar which is about 35 min north of SD. One of the crew thinks he knows a way to divert to avoid area traffic so we divert. Unfortunently the change in our original heading has tacked on an extra 30 min to what shoud have only take us 45 min to complete. After a little stress and tension we arrive to the new location. We are a little late and unload the trailer as quick as we can since we play 1st. The show was okay at best. Not a lot of people due to re-locating the show. The next show is LA so we have time and head out to find a cheap hotel near downtown SD. We end up meeting some nice people to show us around and lend us some floor space in their house to sleep on. It was a fun night and the house was a mansion overlooking the Pacific Ocean so we arent complaining. Finally a full night sleep until their parents get home at 4 am and throw all of us out. Broke, hungry and no place to go. It looks like we will be sleeping in the van. At least we had an ocean view. Hours slept- 4 Hours spent driving - countless Merch sales - $0 Venue pay - $20 People at the show - 30 Day 4 San Diego to Los Angeles - The WX is pretty bad this morning for SD. Rain, fog, wind. We decide since its raining and a few of us are soaked from sleeping on the beach that its time to head to LA. There is a lot of uphill driving on this leg and pulling a 1000lb packed up trailer with a 15 passenger van with strong crosswinds is going to be tough. So far we are in day 4 and only one of us has had the luxury of a shower so the van is not smelling so ripe anymore and the humid air is not helping. All is good and the van is holding firm against the winds until we loose a hub on the trailer axle causing the van to swerve almost out of control. Time to pull over and inspect the damage. Lucky for us one of the crew used to be a mechanic and told us he can fix it. After a little MX (2 hours) and long walk to get parts and $100 later we were ready to depart again. The MX delay managed to throw us in the middle of LA rush hour traffic. Three hours later we get the our destination. Tonights show is at the legendary Whiskey A Go-Go on the Sunset Strip. No time to sight see, we are late and have to unload asap. We unload, check our show time and grab a beer. Lucky for us we have friends in LA so we know we will have a free place to sleep along with a shower. The show went great. Time to load up the trailer and make sleeping arrangements. We end up only a few miles from the venue however there is no where to park the van and trailer. Someone will have to double park and sleep in the van. Next stop is Santa Barbara and the WX should be okay. Hours slept - 6.5 Hours driven - 5 Merch sales - $100 Venue pay - $100 People at the show - 250 __________________ JoBama 08

April 25th, 2006, 18:22	#36
NW004 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: USA Posts: 274	Re: 5 day trip 5 day trips? JAJAJA at least you get to sit down! LOL I have to work putting ceramic tiles up 3 story buildings all by hands for 11 hours, and only 1/2 hour break for lunch 3 days of the week. and all i do every once in a while is just watch the planes roar by, at least is entertaiment having MKE about 1 mile from work. And all for mini9mun wage, there you have a dream job.

April 26th, 2006, 07:51	#43
averyrm Old Skool Join Date: May 2002 Location: LCK Posts: 1,652	Re: 5 day trip I was 8 on/ 6 off. Just switched to 4 on/ 3 off and home every day. One of the nice things about scheduled freight. __________________ <-- That guy with Belushi as his avitar

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