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01-10-2017, 01:39 PM
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Joined APC: Dec 2015
Position: Professional Eugoogoolizer at the Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can’t Read Good
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It's crazy rediculous how much money some people are making... people picking a two leg overnight.. 32 hours... over 2k in pay.. i was flying with one guy, he always called the day before the end of his trip and said keep me out.. he would do one more overnight, 32 hours extra pay.. he always comes in 200 credit hours.. at 68 an hour and is making some serious coin as newish captain.
01-10-2017, 02:18 PM
Happy at PDT
Joined APC: Jan 2014
Position: EMB-145 CA
Posts: 983
It's crazy rediculous how much money some people are making... people picking a two leg overnight.. 32 hours... over 2k in pay.. i was flying with one guy, he always called the day before the end of his trip and said keep me out.. he would do one more overnight, 32 hours extra pay.. he always comes in 200 credit hours.. at 68 an hour and is making some serious coin as newish captain.
01-10-2017, 02:18 PM
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Joined APC: Dec 2016
Position: Line holder, barely
Posts: 256
It's crazy rediculous how much money some people are making... people picking a two leg overnight.. 32 hours... over 2k in pay.. i was flying with one guy, he always called the day before the end of his trip and said keep me out.. he would do one more overnight, 32 hours extra pay.. he always comes in 200 credit hours.. at 68 an hour and is making some serious coin as newish captain.
Im interviewing in a couple days - I want this guys number so I can buy him beers till he drops in exchange for schooling me on his method. Maybe I can actually pay my bills on 1st year FO salary instead of plan A of using savings!!
01-10-2017, 02:21 PM
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Joined APC: Dec 2016
Position: Line holder, barely
Posts: 256
if I get hired - can I pm you, buy you a steakhouse dinner, and you school me on how to work it
Please
I got a wife and three kids, and I pay NJ real estate taxes!!
01-10-2017, 02:28 PM
Happy at PDT
Joined APC: Jan 2014
Position: EMB-145 CA
Posts: 983
Lol its easy just tell scheduling you will accept more premium work on a day off or when your trip ends or before it begins. If they are real desperate you can negotiate your terms as far as deadheads and once in a while 4x premium too. Open time and it's premium level is also listed online so you can try to use strategery. 😄
01-10-2017, 03:24 PM
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Joined APC: Dec 2011
Posts: 177
I know it's probably been answered many pages ago, but how long is the jet training delay after sim is completed?
For dash pilots who have gone to the jet, what was the difference in QOL? Is taking street CA on the dash worth it over holding out on the jet?
For dash pilots who have gone to the jet, what was the difference in QOL? Is taking street CA on the dash worth it over holding out on the jet?
01-10-2017, 04:58 PM
Happy at PDT
Joined APC: Jan 2014
Position: EMB-145 CA
Posts: 983
I'm going to play devils advocate here. Why not? Especially if a pilot lives local and can take full advantage? Don't give me the "it sets a precedent" answer either. Any attempt by the Company to negotiate less days off than what we have now would be thwarted. It's also highly debatable whether it would hinder us from achieving more. Not in these times and those to come.
01-10-2017, 08:39 PM
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Joined APC: Dec 2015
Posts: 634
You would be displaced quickly and spend about a year in 3 training cycles. Not worth it imho. Just bid 145 CA, the seniority to hold either is only a handful of months apart
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