2 weeks On, 2 weeks Off... Or more!

[termerair]

Hi guys!

I'm just trying to find thoses companies where you can get a good rotation... I am more looking at something like "2 weeks On - 2 weeks Off", "3 On - 3 Off" or even "2 months On - 1 month Off" kind of thing... As long as I wouldn't be "on call" during my days off and I could really use them to do something else...

Thanks in advance for your inputs!

Termerair

Feel free to complete the list. Here is my start...

Keewatin : 2 weeks On, 2 weeks Off
Voyageur : 2 months Off, 1 month Off (when over in Africa)
Borek : 3 weeks On, 3 weeks Off (when flying in the North)
Air Inuit : 2 weeks On, 2 weeks Off

[merlin]

Adlair: 3 on, 3 off

[Bob A. Booey]

Great post for those who may be stuck in one physical location due to circumstances beyond one's control.
Don't forget the Geophysical survey companies when you're looking for rotations.

Terraquest
Sander Geophysics
Fugro

From what I know the rotations can vary greatly depending on the job and ferrying factors. But you do get that rotation.

[Roar]

I work for a company looking for some Navajo pilots 1 month on, one month off rotation.
PM me for more details

[phillyfan]

364 days on. Christmas day off.

[bob sacamano]

364 days on. Christmas day off.

You get christmas off? Cool.

Looking for pilots?

[Conquest Driver]

Aires, out of Calgary (Springbank actually). One month on, one month off.

Air Mikisew out of Ft. McMurray on the King Air 200 medevac. They also may have crew housing when you're up there. Ooops, 2 weeks on 2 weeks off.

[TG]

Fugro: 6 weeks on 3 weeks off, with now departure and return's dates forecast (6 months schedule)
They will do their best to stick to it so you can actually manage some sort of a private life.

[Boss Hawg]

Any northern fishing lodge: 6 months on, 6 months off.

[termerair]

Thanks guys for your inputs!

Keep it going...

Keewatin : 2 weeks On, 2 weeks Off
Voyageur : 2 months Off, 1 month Off (Oversea)
Borek : 3 weeks On, 3 weeks Off
Air Inuit : 2 weeks On, 2 weeks Off
Adlair : 3 weeks On, 3 weeks Off
Terraquest : ???
Sander Geophysics : 9 weeks On, 4 weeks Off (flexible)
Fugro : 6 weeks On, 3 weeks Off
Aries : 1 month On, 1 month Off (Oversea)
Air Mikisew : 2 weeks On, 2 weeks Off

[bzhpilot]

Hey Termerair
Some of the firt air pilot rotate 15 on /13off...

Check your PM

[Conquest Driver]

The other thing to consider here is that just because a rotation isn't advertised, doesn't mean it isn't negotiable.

The old days of "take it or leave it" from the employer perspective are pretty well coming to an end (at least for the time being).

If you see a good job, but the rotation either isn't specified or isn't acceptable, then why not specify it?

There's at least one operator here who's being pretty creative in their pilot recruiting. If they got a candidate who was fully qualified for Ornge, I'd be surprised if a rotation couldn't be worked out.

I dont' have any inside information or hidden agenda here. I'd simply like to see the industry standard progress to 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off or longer.

I'm also not totally opposed to 1 week on, 1 week off out of a major urban centre.

Now's the time for us to make this happen.

[co-joe]

First Air for the YFB base is 2 weeks/ 2 weeks and you get travel passes to get home.

Borek is 2 weeks on 2 off for the 100/200 grouping out of YEV, the rest are 3 week rotations except Male which I think is 6 months on 3 months off.

[scooter2]

Put in .AMS..........in Angola..Africa..........6 weeks on and 6 weeks off for pilots and enginneers.

[Crackberry]

Hey Conquest,

How's the rotation over there at SkyCare?

CB

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co-joe wrote:

First Air for the YFB base is 2 weeks/ 2 weeks and you get travel passes to get home.

Not to be nitty gritty, but its 15 on, 13 off, and when your rotating in and out its not really on passes its on garanteed seats most of the time. Then you do get the airline passses after 6 months.

[Conquest Driver]

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[Conquest Driver]

Hey Conquest,

How's the rotation over there at SkyCare?

CB

Hi,

I don't work for Skycare.

As I understand it, they do have 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off for Conquest Captains.

So, we can add them to the list, subject to verification.

Cheers

CD

[yowflyer23]

Sorry to revive an old thread, but does anyone know if there are any rotational gigs out there that take low time pilots (less than 500TT) aside from SkyCare and Wasaya’s recent postings? I’m not necessarily talking about gigs where they fly you to and from the base, but any company that has a schedule along the lines of 2 weeks on/2 off or similar.

[Turboprops]

Sorry to revive an old thread, but does anyone know if there are any rotational gigs out there that take low time pilots (less than 500TT) aside from SkyCare and Wasaya’s recent postings? I’m not necessarily talking about gigs where they fly you to and from the base, but any company that has a schedule along the lines of 2 weeks on/2 off or similar.

Unfortunately low time pilots don’t really get to pick… anyway skycare doesn’t have 2 weeks on 2 weeks off, you don’t get good schedule until you’re a metro captain.

Perimeter pilots work 16 days a month and if you bid your days off right you can get 10 days off in a row, i know it’s not 2 weeks but better than nothing