Back home every night?

[black russian]

Hi guys,
I'm looking for Operators that enable a pilot to be back home every night. I could do the occasional 2 or three day pairing but not on a regular basis.
Any help, advice and/or direction is greatly appreciated!!
Thx!

[Gannet167]

Respectfully, you're in the wrong industry.

[Rowdy]

The coast on floats. I'm home every night! But other than that.. good luck, thats pretty tough in this industry if you want to make a reasonable wage

[whiteguy]

A few charter companies in Calgary, Sunwest, North Cariboo, some flying at Regional1.

[rjonno]

PAG

[Rudy]

Nakina Air Service

[Darkwing Duck]

Air North

[fish4life]

Perimeter (PAG as someone mentioned) or Calm air, Allied Wings in portage la prairie if instructing is your thing

[wallypilot]

Respectfully, you're in the wrong industry.

Respectfully, that's not at all helpful, and just not true. While not the majority of jobs out there, home-almost-every-night jobs do exist if you look around a bit, just as the o.p. is doing.

Carson Air Medevac or Cargo in YVR, YLW
NT Air on the B350 in YXS
Suncor in YYC (depending which airplane you're on)
Morningstar Express on the C208 in YVR
Sunwest on the C208 in YVR
Almost any FedEx, UPS, Or DHL feeder ops (ie metro, caravan, B1900, etc)
Float flying on the west coast
Whitehorse operators: Alkan (Medevac) & Air North

[chipmunk]

Pretty sure the Westwind guys in YXE have no overnights.

[young grasshopper]

Gannet167 wrote:

Respectfully, you're in the wrong industry.

-First Air...Other than Sim and the odd 'fill-in' in YFB; most YZF crews are home every night (ATR/Boeing).
-Air Tindi
-Arctic Sunwest
-Buffalo
-RCMP (quite sure they're home most nights)

...and these are just Yellowknife based! There's a whole Country out there with jobs like this! Remember that although there are some excellent jobs with the Majors, there are still some great opportunities elsewhere! Good luck.

[ajet32]

You can drop Suncor from that list. All crews are now doing overnights in Edmonton as the new 900 is based there.

[whiteguy]

You can drop Suncor from that list. All crews are now doing overnights in Edmonton as the new 900 is based there.

They've hired some crews to be based in YEG so overnights will probably be minimal.

[BTyyj]

Porter

[JEG]

Northwestern Air Lease. I've been here almost a year and spent 3 nights away from home. One due to weather, One for my medical and the other was a charter booked with plenty of notice.

[jjj]

WestJet,

Bid 1 days - hope to get a few.
Ditch the pairings you don't want on-line.
Pick up 1 days on-line trading.
Works most months except July, August and Christmas.

When I get a lousy schedule - I just ditch what I don't want and rebuild it all on my iPad while drinking coffee at Starbucks.

JJJ

[Gannet167]

I stand corrected.

[traveller123]

The best i've seen is Hydro-Quebec

Probably the best schedule in North America
8 to 5 Monday to Friday


And you're paid more to fly a Q400 than a 737

[Intentional Left Bank]

Concur with jjj. WestJet F/O, if you live in YYC, and you bid one-days. You'll be home every night, month after month, year after year.

[tallyho]

I would say almost any Medevac gig, you might get called during the nights, but you'll be home by the end of your 14 hrs. 99% of the time.

Almost all oil and gas crew change type job out of YYC and YEG.

In the 703/704 world, The further a plane goes, the more likely you'll do overnights.

[flap10]

Innu Mikun(PAL) and Air Labrador in YYR

[black russian]

WOW!!!!!!!

Thanx alot guys for everything!!!! Really appreciate the feedback!!!!

Let me know if you think of any others, please.