[QUOTE=PaddyWest2012;132713]I know resurrecting old threads isn’t the best practice around here but I thought this one deserved a little more discussion than it got. What’s the word from the west coast these days? I hear things like Western is growing, Dunlap is shrinking but it’d be nice to hear from the fine gentlemen here on gCaptain who slug it out in the trenches out there every day.
I also hear companies like Western and Dunlap don’t do regular rotations. What’s the incentive to work there then? Why would anyone want to work for a company where you’re never really sure how long you’re going to be at home or at work until one day you get a call from the office out of the blue? Doesn’t make much sense me to me but then I’ve never been out to the west coast. So that’s how I find myself asking for the esteemed opinions of the esteemed gentlemen herein.[/QUOTE]
A lot of guys like not having a set schedule. It usually means you can work whenever and as much as you want to, at least between April and November. It is true that it is sometimes difficult to get off, especially in Alaska. Companies don’t want to pay for a lot of expensive flights to remote places. Less work is available in the winter, but fewer people want to work in the winter. The type of schedule is just one of the many differences between Eastern and Western towing.