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You'd be better off using CRM and getting a couple friends to sit with you while you take it to help look up answers.
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I'll second the gleim book option. Hi-light the questions from the gouge in the book and focus on those sections. Also study about METAR/TAF/Wx Symbols, runway marks and signs, NAT tracks, and Performance (screen height, etc) and you be set. It took be me about 7 days and I got a 97. IMHO the phone a friend option will burn lots of valuable time, if you are totally unfamiliar with whats coming.
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If on the 747 u can make over $100K your first year.
Your pay will vary GREATLY depending on if you volunteer for hazardous duty destinations and you get some of those trips, and if you volunteer to fly on your days off, and if/when you get used on your days off.
Some FOs make over $200K at Atlas.
Your pay will vary GREATLY depending on if you volunteer for hazardous duty destinations and you get some of those trips, and if you volunteer to fly on your days off, and if/when you get used on your days off.
Some FOs make over $200K at Atlas.
$149.33 / hour x 110 hours
= $16,426.30 / month x 12 months
= $197,115.60 / year
..... and that is pre-tax.
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If you're an FO making over $200K per year here, then you have no life outside this job. You'd have to credit 110 hours per month for 12 months to come even close if you're at the top of the pay scale.
$149.33 / hour x 110 hours
= $16,426.30 / month x 12 months
= $197,115.60 / year
..... and that is pre-tax.
$149.33 / hour x 110 hours
= $16,426.30 / month x 12 months
= $197,115.60 / year
..... and that is pre-tax.
With that being said, for 90% of the FO's on the seniority list, you are entirely correct.
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This may be another dumb question and sorry for off the off topic, but how do those hours actually start and end and what are some reasons for not living "in base". Seems like a much better qol if you could live in Huntsville or Cincinnati which are nice areas.
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If you're an FO making over $200K per year here, then you have no life outside this job. You'd have to credit 110 hours per month for 12 months to come even close if you're at the top of the pay scale.
$149.33 / hour x 110 hours
= $16,426.30 / month x 12 months
= $197,115.60 / year
..... and that is pre-tax.
$149.33 / hour x 110 hours
= $16,426.30 / month x 12 months
= $197,115.60 / year
..... and that is pre-tax.
By my standards 20 days a month would be a bit excessive but a far cry from "no life outside this job" as you suggest.
We have pilots here who get paid in excess of 200 hours of pay a month. Now those are people who have no life outside this job - not picking on these people, cause they may have very good reasons.
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I live where I live because I want to, and my house has outlasted many crew bases and flying jobs. One guy I know lived in CVG for many years. Decided to move closer to family when a new west coast base opened. But then, suddenly decided to move to Maui because, why not? Atlas buys him a ticket, and he never has to worry about getting a seat to work. Might cost him a little more of his personal time, but on the other hand, his family is enjoying living in paradise.
One advantage is you can move anywhere in the US, as often as you like, and the company still has to get you to your base. The only consideration for you is potential time lost (Florida to ANC is not fun) and paying imputed income on the tickets. I spent 9 years commuting to a regional. Lots of flaws in our current gig, but never having to sweat getting to work is a huge relief.
But, as you say, living in base has undeniable advantages.
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The pay clock starts when you report in base and runs until you return. If you live elsewhere and choose to use Gateway travel, you would have to come in on your day off and get legal rest prior to operating, which is unpaid, same as a commuter at the majors. Some waive Gateway and drive in or jump seat in (CVG, for example, on one of the many inbound freighters). In those cases, you get to decide when you leave and how best to manage your own rest.
I live where I live because I want to, and my house has outlasted many crew bases and flying jobs. One guy I know lived in CVG for many years. Decided to move closer to family when a new west coast base opened. But then, suddenly decided to move to Maui because, why not? Atlas buys him a ticket, and he never has to worry about getting a seat to work. Might cost him a little more of his personal time, but on the other hand, his family is enjoying living in paradise.
One advantage is you can move anywhere in the US, as often as you like, and the company still has to get you to your base. The only consideration for you is potential time lost (Florida to ANC is not fun) and paying imputed income on the tickets. I spent 9 years commuting to a regional. Lots of flaws in our current gig, but never having to sweat getting to work is a huge relief.
But, as you say, living in base has undeniable advantages.
I live where I live because I want to, and my house has outlasted many crew bases and flying jobs. One guy I know lived in CVG for many years. Decided to move closer to family when a new west coast base opened. But then, suddenly decided to move to Maui because, why not? Atlas buys him a ticket, and he never has to worry about getting a seat to work. Might cost him a little more of his personal time, but on the other hand, his family is enjoying living in paradise.
One advantage is you can move anywhere in the US, as often as you like, and the company still has to get you to your base. The only consideration for you is potential time lost (Florida to ANC is not fun) and paying imputed income on the tickets. I spent 9 years commuting to a regional. Lots of flaws in our current gig, but never having to sweat getting to work is a huge relief.
But, as you say, living in base has undeniable advantages.
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