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Life as a Reserve Commuter Pilot

Life as a Reserve Commuter Pilot

  • April 27, 2022
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Reserve pilots wait for a phone call to fly. Commuter pilots fly from one city to another to start work. How does a Commuter pilot on Reserve do both?

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Eric Auxier

Airline pilot by day—Writer by night—Kid by choice!

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I'm a Boeing 777 captain for a major US airline. I may have over 24,000 hours in the cockpit, but I am still madly in love with flying!
Through this blog, I share with you the magic, the joy, and the travails that is the airline pilot career. Life's an adventure—life in the sky, exponentially so!

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THE LAST BUSH PILOTS
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THERE I WUZ!
Adventures From 3 Decades in the Sky
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CODE NAME: DODGER
FLY/SPY thriller series!
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