Hi Folks
There was a PM asking what schedules looked like and thought anybody else looking may have that question too...
The summer schedule has 1 day trips, 3 day trips and 4 day trips... So if the Company is properly staffed you can expect a mix of trips including a couple of standby days... Commuters can expect 5 days on followed by a BD/Blank day which is a duty free day... 10 block days off and most people will take the end/front of 2 months to have a 20 day block of days off and on return you get 2 BD for jetlag recovery... Non-commuters will get 10 days off and a BD... You can request days off but there is no bid system for trips... They try to spread the good and bad throughout the group and there really is no type of seniority system... If you have a preference you may request that with the scheduler and they may be able to grant said request... If there is a special family issue the schedulers really work hard to make those days available... Expect 10 nights away from home per month...
The route system has many airports that close early in the evening so no overnite flying... Earliest Takeoff is 0715 and latest scheduled landing 2130... A couple of the trips do have 5 legs in a single day, other than those two days the rest are from 2-4 legs per day... Max legs/landing per OM is 6... All flying is Domestic Japan... Due to this reason all Expats will have resident card regardless of Commuting or Non-commuting Contract...
Any other questions please post or PM...
Kampai, Jpncrjdriver