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Guppy:
The schedule as ballparked inthe above post is for N American DEFO freighter.
If you were coming to Hong Kong it would be as an SO (which you can do) then you would have a decent enough amount of time off to commute back once per month for 6-7 days, maybe more, plus you could bid LAs etc.
If you take an LA base on the freighter (the co is not yet offering DEFO pax fleet) then you would have to sit your reserve in your base. There are rules right in our contract governing this. Also if you live more than a two hour flight away you must be in your base min 10 hours before to get 8 hours rest. Some of these rules are bent but it is instant firing if you mess it up and miss a flight or delay. Evenif that delay is caused by weather etc.
Also you have to be prepared to take sick days to get the days off you want as you cannot arrange important dates (like court appearances) with the company.
Other than that lots of fun!!
FG