Commuting Roster
Regarding some people talking about commuting rosters and other people bashing on them.
I wanted to drop my 2 cents on that
Most Airlines hiring at the moment do not offer a designated COMMUTING contract.
HOWEVER,
Depending where you live, almost all contracts are „commutable“. If you get 4 days off between Rotations for an european Airline and you live in the backcountry of argentina it will most probably not be a commutable contract for you whilst somebody living 6 hours away by car is happily commuting.
Back to Air Baltic and some informations i received during my talk with the chief pilot of AB:
If you get hired as Senior First Officer you may choose between a 5on 4 off 5 on 3 off pattern or a random roster. (5/4/5/3 roster equals 80% part time by the way so there will be less pay)
For me the 5/4/5/3 roster would be perfectly commutable.
If you are NOT SFO, you will be more or less stuck with the random roster due to seniority.
If you stuck to the random roster, then you still have the bidding system so you can bid and get rotations based on your off-day needs. On the flip side: You will most likely be flying the less requested routes - less requested for a reason, presumably….
So if you live in europe, are based on a well connected airport and live close to a well connected airport, i would bet 80% of airlines have a „commutable“ roster….
So maybe not push so hard on people saying that certain airlines have commuting/commutable rosters.