2017 W2 Earnings
01-19-2018, 04:44 PM
#381
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Joined APC: Nov 2013
Posts: 2,756
757 FO year 6 commuter
180 block
100 overnights (about 9 per month)
$170k normal line
$30k overtime/draft (a few LCA buy off and flew draft)
$17k B fund
$11k A fund (dividing $130k payout by 12)
$7k per diem
$500 401k match
$235.5k
I fly almost 100% nights and with a large cargo can full of nasty HAZMAT on nearly every flight. Oh not to mention the radioactive, biohazard, and explosives in the back. Im not sure my compensation is all that great in the grand scheme of things. Our 757 pay rate sucks.
180 block
100 overnights (about 9 per month)
$170k normal line
$30k overtime/draft (a few LCA buy off and flew draft)
$17k B fund
$11k A fund (dividing $130k payout by 12)
$7k per diem
$500 401k match
$235.5k
I fly almost 100% nights and with a large cargo can full of nasty HAZMAT on nearly every flight. Oh not to mention the radioactive, biohazard, and explosives in the back. Im not sure my compensation is all that great in the grand scheme of things. Our 757 pay rate sucks.
01-19-2018, 04:50 PM
#382
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Joined APC: Aug 2007
Posts: 459
If you're referring to my post, the 11 years will go by in the blink of an eye. Hopefully the good times last for the duration of your ride here at UAL. As always, it's up and down in the biz.
I started CAL at $29/hr with no insurance for the first six months. Glad to finally see we are paying our new hires with a relatively decent wage and benefits today.
01-19-2018, 09:54 PM
#383
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Joined APC: Feb 2011
Position: Right for a long time
Posts: 298
Concur with the 757 pay rate sucking. However, why not bid the bus? You could be pretty senior, holding day trips with your seniority. Even the MD-11 or 767 could be pretty good for you. You could probably bid junior widebody captain next bid and hold it if you wanted. Get off the 757!
01-20-2018, 04:47 AM
#384
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Joined APC: Apr 2017
Posts: 409
Good luck beans! Seemed like you where never happy here at SWA. There are a lot of reasons people don’t apply to Fed Ex/UPS. Long haul cargo is not for everyone. Some have already done it for a decade plus in other capacities and seen the toll it takes on the body.
Things are rosy right now everywhere. It wasn’t too long ago ups was hiring straight to the left seat management pilots while guys where still furloughed. The risks are there flying cargo. I don’t think amazon is an immediate threat but over a career I would definitely worry about Jeff Bezos.
Again, good luck. We don’t make the most at Swa and we are trying to change that, but try not to burn any bridges on the way out. This profession is fraught with broken promises and broke retired pilots.
Things are rosy right now everywhere. It wasn’t too long ago ups was hiring straight to the left seat management pilots while guys where still furloughed. The risks are there flying cargo. I don’t think amazon is an immediate threat but over a career I would definitely worry about Jeff Bezos.
Again, good luck. We don’t make the most at Swa and we are trying to change that, but try not to burn any bridges on the way out. This profession is fraught with broken promises and broke retired pilots.
01-20-2018, 07:18 AM
#385
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Joined APC: Mar 2010
Position: A-320 CA
Posts: 324
If you're referring to my post, the 11 years will go by in the blink of an eye. Hopefully the good times last for the duration of your ride here at UAL. As always, it's up and down in the biz.
I started CAL at $29/hr with no insurance for the first six months. Glad to finally see we are paying our new hires with a relatively decent wage and benefits today.
I started CAL at $29/hr with no insurance for the first six months. Glad to finally see we are paying our new hires with a relatively decent wage and benefits today.
01-25-2018, 09:41 AM
#388
Line Holder
Joined APC: Apr 2016
Position: A320 FO
Posts: 99
01-25-2018, 09:48 AM
#389
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Joined APC: Mar 2017
Posts: 348
*Most* guys live in domicile and make themselves available for premium trips-usually drop as much of their schedule as possible and hang by the phone waiting for premium. Or trip trade into more valuable trips etc. lot of ways to skin the cat.
But don’t forget at SWA and FEDEX they have paid vacation drop so that’s a huge part of it as well.
But don’t forget at SWA and FEDEX they have paid vacation drop so that’s a huge part of it as well.
01-25-2018, 11:00 AM
#390
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Joined APC: May 2005
Posts: 1,275
I thought the SWA interview process was meant to weed out the malcontents and only hire those who have the Luv mindset. Was Beans miserable when you hired him or did SWA make him that way? Chicken or egg?
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