What’s the no-kidding first yr take home pay?
09-08-2011, 06:49 AM
#11
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jan 2010
Position: A320/B
Posts: 34
I am in my 11th month at DAL. Retired AF Maj at 20 years. Take-home pay is about $3,100 per month on average (about the same as retirement pay in my case). With new-hire pay and retirement added together, it was about a $40K pay cut (gross).
As others have said, get prepared early. We had cars, credit cards, etc all paid off, and my wife went to work about a year and a half prior to retirement. I have seen very little chane of lifestyle, even with commuting costs.
Good luck.
12
As others have said, get prepared early. We had cars, credit cards, etc all paid off, and my wife went to work about a year and a half prior to retirement. I have seen very little chane of lifestyle, even with commuting costs.
Good luck.
12
09-09-2011, 04:09 AM
#15
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2006
Position: Left Seat, Toyota Tacoma
Posts: 593
Supply, demand, sham bankruptcies, and unfortunately a pilot culture that accepts this pay scale mentality. There's way too many young pilots willing to work for peanuts, and there's way too many old pilots who have already been furloughed, been merged, been through 9/11 and now are absolutely unwilling to give up pay on the upper end of the scale. In addition to traditional "management versus labor" problems, we also have some tension between old and young.
09-09-2011, 04:55 AM
#16
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2008
Position: B-737 Right
Posts: 243
It is a whole lot easier to take if you also have a military retirement to supplement your income. I hope that option will remain for my brethren still toiling on AD ...
09-09-2011, 06:57 AM
#17
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2011
Position: Hoping for any position
Posts: 2,530
Keep in mind, you are also on "probation" for your first year at an airline. The low first year pay is part of the "paying your dues" culture.
It is a whole lot easier to take if you also have a military retirement to supplement your income. I hope that option will remain for my brethren still toiling on AD ...
It is a whole lot easier to take if you also have a military retirement to supplement your income. I hope that option will remain for my brethren still toiling on AD ...
09-09-2011, 02:29 PM
#18
Abused Spouse of PBS
Joined APC: Jun 2006
Posts: 440
Keep in mind, you are also on "probation" for your first year at an airline. The low first year pay is part of the "paying your dues" culture.
It is a whole lot easier to take if you also have a military retirement to supplement your income. I hope that option will remain for my brethren still toiling on AD ...
It is a whole lot easier to take if you also have a military retirement to supplement your income. I hope that option will remain for my brethren still toiling on AD ...
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
captain_drew
Flight Schools and Training
38
12-05-2012 09:29 AM
