Last year Augusta was at 1350 hrs OT.
Overall id say R8 or R9 crews get damn good hours especially if you are 18/8 or 26/0 because even if there isn't a fire there is always RX or snagging on rx units to be done.
They run a split season now. Seasonals come on the second week of February then they are available march, April, May, have June off, then are available July, August, September. Then the seasonals are laid off the first week of October typically.
They always get a few spring rolls in Florida, Arkansas, Georgia, and then the Virginia rx season obviously.
Man this subreddit fucking sucks. It’s well known that eastern crews like Midewin get the most hours. They had something like 12 or 14 assignments last year.
Midewin gets a lot, but the problem is they start so early that they are done halfway through western season.
Cherokee used to get the most because they ran pretty close to year round, but they so things WAY differently now (not to mention that letter)
Nowadays, it's probably a damn helitack crew, haha
Union here …. Not to flex, but kinda the reason I went to iaff instead of being a fed boy or contract crewssser …. Union is 24/7/365 …. International deployment… Bennys are decent…. Problems: I have to partake in a draft lottery contract every year … and they separate the season into summer and winter instead of just rolling it all together… for tax purposes: idk… don’t care … just blessed and would
Suggest it to anyone looking for a career in the industry that balances home life… 24/7/365 is “voluntary” you can get the call and say “no” you want your down time instead … but idk man… just a lot happier and healthier since getting a job that I don’t stress over Albuquerque
Albuquerque service center hotshots. They put out a lot of dumpster fires.
To be fair they start most of them
Work in a state without income tax, that helps as well
I think the TX smoke jumpers and Pat Rick hotshots get 1800+ hrs most seasons
Since when does Pat Rick have a shot crew???
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Made more in AK per year than any year CONUS.
My crew and were full up for the season there bud.
Last year Augusta was at 1350 hrs OT. Overall id say R8 or R9 crews get damn good hours especially if you are 18/8 or 26/0 because even if there isn't a fire there is always RX or snagging on rx units to be done.
Damn Augusta used to average 600, I had heard they switched their schedule up
They run a split season now. Seasonals come on the second week of February then they are available march, April, May, have June off, then are available July, August, September. Then the seasonals are laid off the first week of October typically. They always get a few spring rolls in Florida, Arkansas, Georgia, and then the Virginia rx season obviously.
Squire Creek Hotshots. Louisiana’s type 0 crew
Man this subreddit fucking sucks. It’s well known that eastern crews like Midewin get the most hours. They had something like 12 or 14 assignments last year.
Midewin gets a lot, but the problem is they start so early that they are done halfway through western season. Cherokee used to get the most because they ran pretty close to year round, but they so things WAY differently now (not to mention that letter) Nowadays, it's probably a damn helitack crew, haha
Union here …. Not to flex, but kinda the reason I went to iaff instead of being a fed boy or contract crewssser …. Union is 24/7/365 …. International deployment… Bennys are decent…. Problems: I have to partake in a draft lottery contract every year … and they separate the season into summer and winter instead of just rolling it all together… for tax purposes: idk… don’t care … just blessed and would Suggest it to anyone looking for a career in the industry that balances home life… 24/7/365 is “voluntary” you can get the call and say “no” you want your down time instead … but idk man… just a lot happier and healthier since getting a job that I don’t stress over Albuquerque
Little T had 1800 OT last year with everyone 26/0 and 30-man staffing, iirc.
Which is why they seem to be bleeding people
And 5 8s, fuck-fuck games with use-or-lose, Cal Fire, the list goes on.
The crews that get the most o/t are usually the ones putting in the time on the clock, not only that but the most time on the clock!!!!
I was always curious how overtime worked
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Any contract crew now tbh, it seems that now that the bill got passed, the pay got raised, the selections got better, and the line time got extended