MelaniaWasHot

Hi,

I have a few q’s:
1. HSA health ins, how expensive is it?
2. Long Term disability, does the IBT offer one on top of the Company’s? How good is the company one?
3. UA travel benefits, is that thru myidtravel or the UA travel page? Can you book J? Any other airlines for the family to travel? (Atlas has Lufthansa and few others)

TIA

JungleJetDriver

I was just wondering if you guys/gals break minimum monthly guarantee. And how often if you do?

pitchtrim

Without volunteering or being used on the override day it's rare to break guarantee just flying. It's somewhat up to you how much you'd like to make provided we're busy enough for volunteer.

Cujo665

A few lines are scheduled in the mid to upper 70's; but in general no. You'll rarely break guarantee. Much more common to fly 25-50 Hrs a month while getting paid 64.
One special program has an 80 hour guarantee, but openings into the program are limited.

TransWorld

If the average is so low, do you think they are over staffed, or what do you think the reason is?

RezRunner

It's the nature of the business. Having aircraft and crews available to move at a phone calls notice. Omni does a very good job, maybe the best of any adhoc airline, of keeping metal moving in an efficient manner around the globe. The way the assigned contracts are promised to be fulfilled and the schedules those contracts demand in essence frame the manner in which the aircraft and crews accumulate flight time. Being primarily a human hauling airline also forms these schedules. At someplace like Atlas there is always scheduled and or adhoc cargo to be moved. A lot of times crew planning can successfully shift crews around to match up with an airframe that is moving around the globe in the area doing cargo or people. At omni people go one direction and if there isn't a return load an airplane needs to be repositioned to catch another practical load. That reposition (ferry) either needs to be charged to the customer or if it makes more fiscal sense the airframe and crew sit there for a few days until a return trip is needed. All of this needs to be accomplished inside the rules of FAR 117. Makes it a scheduling and planning puzzle that Omni is very good at but remains a huge challenge.

Also sometimes maybe busy? Sometimes maybe not.

pitchtrim

To add further about their ability to position crews. I've recently heard of 3 instances where all options were exhausted to position a crew to operate a flight and the company chartered a private jet to get them there.

CardboardCutout

It's the thing which separates Omni from Kalitta, Atlas, etc. *In general* you work a LOT less. Some people dislike this, I personally thought it was amazing. Work 10 days, fly 20 hours, get paid for 16 and 64? What's not to like?

RezRunner

Exactly. Not for everyone but I thoroughly enjoy it. I love exploring the different cities we hang out in. When it's not covid lockdown adventuring around is fun. Also plenty of down time to read or study or whatever else you want to do. Not a place for time building but then who's out here building time when you get to this point? I love flying about 30 hours a month. A little more soft money in the vein of Atlas would be nice. But that's a whole other thread. ha.

JungleJetDriver

Thank you all for the details. Omni has always been a target for myself, but the timing didn't pan out for me. At present I am at a place that we average 100+ hrs. of pay credit a month. And we earn every penny of it.