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The Lonely Nights Away..

Hi im trying to make a survery about the rostering practices with the many airlines in the middle east. My main question is about nights away from the home base. There are lot of pilots from lots of airlines on this forum. So im sure everyone can help

So on an average month how many nights away from home are you spending. How many days off. How many hours flown.. ect. QR, EY, EK, JZR, Air Arabia, GULF, Oman air. Please also mention the aircraft. Im sure an A330 driver and a A320 driver or not spending the same time away from home.

thanks
im sure this will be helpful for everyone

GF First Officer monthly
6-8 days off
4-6 days layover
2-3 days stby
1-2 days available
65-75 hours block times
All in all, not a bad gig.

do you mean 6/8 days in a row or do you mean total for the month.
is it hard being away from home for so long.

usually 2-3 day blocks of days off. quite often, these compulsory days off are joined to "available" or "stby" days so you often string 3-5 days off work.