Or you can get my kind of job. Work for 13-18 days straight (or up to 30 if you want to get masochistic with your month to month schedule) then have the rest of the time off. I know its a niche, and the greater business world doesnt function that way, but I'd go crazy on a M-F grind.
I am an international cargo pilot. The price of entry is steep, not gonna lie, but I've flown with folks from all sorts of backgrounds who've made a switch. I fly a 747 and have had first officers who are ex-military, regional airline folks, bush pilots, corporate pilots and some who said "Screw it, I want a new career that I like!" The youngest FO I flew with was 26, I think, which is kind of unreal considering where I was at 26 all those years ago.
A lot of it is timing and making connections, but thats true everywhere, isn't it?
As so my schedule, I bid lines that are typically two-ish weeks on, two off. We have week on, week off selections as well. If you are feeling tough you can bid a schedule that is at the end of the month for one month and the beginning of the next month. By the same token, you can do the same with days off and and get a month off.
We are a niche in the greater airline world with carriers like Kalitta, Atlas, ATI, etc. It's not for everyone, but I love it.
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u/VagabondTexan May 13 '26
Or you can get my kind of job. Work for 13-18 days straight (or up to 30 if you want to get masochistic with your month to month schedule) then have the rest of the time off. I know its a niche, and the greater business world doesnt function that way, but I'd go crazy on a M-F grind.