Fly-in, fly-out is a work arrangement common in remote mining operations. Personnel are flown to the site, housed in a camp for a set block of consecutive work days, and then flown back to their home city for a block of rest days. This model avoids building permanent company towns near short-lived or highly isolated ore bodies.
Heard on the job
He took a FIFO job in the Pilbara doing two weeks on and one week off.
Insider tip
Standard rosters are expressed in ratios like 14/7 (14 days on, 7 days off) or 8/6.