Comair updates?
03-28-2011, 09:24 AM
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Joined APC: Feb 2007
Position: 1st year pay for the 3rd time
Posts: 1,434
Thank u 4 u'r advice.
Option 1 - start over at a new regional, back on year 1 pay, no vacation, commute to another city, bottom of a 3000 pilot list. No thanks.
Option 2a - stay at Comair on year 8 pay, hope that "pilot shortage" actually happens in the next two years, go straight to Delta/Contided/USScare/JetBlue etc.
Option 2b - stay at Comair, get furloughed, leave aviation.
I'm taking Option 2.
Option 1 - start over at a new regional, back on year 1 pay, no vacation, commute to another city, bottom of a 3000 pilot list. No thanks.
Option 2a - stay at Comair on year 8 pay, hope that "pilot shortage" actually happens in the next two years, go straight to Delta/Contided/USScare/JetBlue etc.
Option 2b - stay at Comair, get furloughed, leave aviation.
I'm taking Option 2.
I see 2a and 2b.
03-28-2011, 09:29 AM
What's A Weekend?
Joined APC: Jan 2009
Position: Big...So Big
Posts: 803
Thank u 4 u'r advice.
Option 1 - start over at a new regional, back on year 1 pay, no vacation, commute to another city, bottom of a 3000 pilot list. No thanks.
Option 2a - stay at Comair on year 8 pay, hope that "pilot shortage" actually happens in the next two years, go straight to Delta/Contided/USScare/JetBlue etc.
Option 2b - stay at Comair, get furloughed, leave aviation.
I'm taking Option 2.
Option 1 - start over at a new regional, back on year 1 pay, no vacation, commute to another city, bottom of a 3000 pilot list. No thanks.
Option 2a - stay at Comair on year 8 pay, hope that "pilot shortage" actually happens in the next two years, go straight to Delta/Contided/USScare/JetBlue etc.
Option 2b - stay at Comair, get furloughed, leave aviation.
I'm taking Option 2.
03-29-2011, 03:52 AM
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Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: A320 FO
Posts: 1,454
Because the "higher pay" isn't really that "high" anyway (even at $42 an hour and 75 hours a month is only $37,800 a year, plus the per diem that you spend on the road anyway). If you're going to look for a career outside aviation, why not look now and take a job that will certainly pay more than 3rd or 4th year pay...and have a better QOL?
03-29-2011, 07:12 AM
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Joined APC: Feb 2007
Position: 1st year pay for the 3rd time
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I’m always looking for a better higher paying job, and I would defiantly leave now if I find something good. What I’m saying is that I would rather wait tell the ship sinks before I go to another regional. Starting at first year pay is just not an option for me at this time.
you can always supplement your pay as a male prostitute.
I mean, one way or another we're all getting screwed anyways so you might as well make some $$.
03-29-2011, 11:05 PM
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Joined APC: Dec 2008
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Because the "higher pay" isn't really that "high" anyway (even at $42 an hour and 75 hours a month is only $37,800 a year, plus the per diem that you spend on the road anyway). If you're going to look for a career outside aviation, why not look now and take a job that will certainly pay more than 3rd or 4th year pay...and have a better QOL?
03-30-2011, 02:42 AM
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Position: A320 FO
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03-30-2011, 09:51 AM
What's A Weekend?
Joined APC: Jan 2009
Position: Big...So Big
Posts: 803
Here's the really sad part. I spent the better part of my adult life saving money to pay for flight school. I finally do it, make it to Comair and get furloughed. Now I'm working as an armed security guard and firearms instructor, making 60k a year. Well, it is on an unnamed govt site and required an associated military background and PT test, but w/e. Next month I'm moving on to do antipiracy work and will be over 6 figures working just over half the year. I doubt I'll be back to an airline and I'll just buy my own plane if I feel the need to fly.
It seems that even if you move on to a major, corporate, or any other pilot job, the whole industry is so unstable and uncertain. One thing that I came away with from being furloughed for a year and a half at Comair was a fear of the unknown future in aviation. I got recalled, people were upbeat and looking at the future, then four months later there was the news of being furloughed again! I know corporate guys that were making six figures, until the owner decided to sell the plane, and they were out a job. I know people that moved from regionals to airlines that didn't make it and closed shop. I know people from CAL that are STILL furloughed. All of this has made me unsure of making major purchases or financing anything. I would hate to be one of the people that had their house forclosed on, or car repossessed because my employer downsizes or closes. I now find myself not only saving for retirement, but also saving for "just in case it all falls apart).
03-30-2011, 10:13 AM
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Position: next to chronic complainers...
Posts: 364
Sounds like a good time! Really, if anyone asks about being a pilot, I tell them to have a career outside aviation and buy a plane (or rent one) if they want to fly. Flying as a hobby is what it's all about. Remember the days when you headed for that $100 burger? Or jumped in a plane for a weekend get-away?
It seems that even if you move on to a major, corporate, or any other pilot job, the whole industry is so unstable and uncertain. One thing that I came away with from being furloughed for a year and a half at Comair was a fear of the unknown future in aviation. I got recalled, people were upbeat and looking at the future, then four months later there was the news of being furloughed again! I know corporate guys that were making six figures, until the owner decided to sell the plane, and they were out a job. I know people that moved from regionals to airlines that didn't make it and closed shop. I know people from CAL that are STILL furloughed. All of this has made me unsure of making major purchases or financing anything. I would hate to be one of the people that had their house forclosed on, or car repossessed because my employer downsizes or closes. I now find myself not only saving for retirement, but also saving for "just in case it all falls apart).
It seems that even if you move on to a major, corporate, or any other pilot job, the whole industry is so unstable and uncertain. One thing that I came away with from being furloughed for a year and a half at Comair was a fear of the unknown future in aviation. I got recalled, people were upbeat and looking at the future, then four months later there was the news of being furloughed again! I know corporate guys that were making six figures, until the owner decided to sell the plane, and they were out a job. I know people that moved from regionals to airlines that didn't make it and closed shop. I know people from CAL that are STILL furloughed. All of this has made me unsure of making major purchases or financing anything. I would hate to be one of the people that had their house forclosed on, or car repossessed because my employer downsizes or closes. I now find myself not only saving for retirement, but also saving for "just in case it all falls apart).
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