A Day In The Life Of A Pilot Options

[talldude]

What's a day in the life of both charter and airline pilot? I know of some points but perhaps any real charter or airline pilot can feel in the gap for me. I'm talking specifics here not broad points. Like list every action starting from your arrival at the airport to the time to catch a shuttle to the hotel at your destination. I'm just curious as to what goes on behind the scenes. For example it was only 3 years ago I learned that there is such an employee titled the "flight dispatcher" who plans the flight and gets weather info. Before that I always assumed the pilots planned the flight, lol I feel really dumb now.

[galaxy]

75 hours of paid flight time
290 hours away from home
53 hours of unpaid "duty" time at the airport
16 days off
Equivalent to working over 36 8-hour days at a regular job (290 hrs away/8 hours) and paid for 75 hours

That's a long day in the life of charter or airline pilot

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cgexx

Posted: 03 Jul 2005 08:01 pm

Hi everyone,

I am 44 years old, student pilot with 30 hours on board , and I remember while I was flying solo time on a great and pleasant afternoon with a few puffy clouds here and there spread throughout the the blue I was getting bounced around in the climb and in the landing part , I was feeling very uncomfortable , the pointer on the IAS gauge was fluctuating up and down , so after 2 circuits I abandoned…. Just couldn’t stay focus, couldn’t relaxed by any means … in contrast, I love flying when it is an overcast weather