jaded

I care. Tell me, what was on your mind when you applied to GoJet? Besides, pay is a slice of the pie when it comes to picking a regional, along with QOL, domicile, work rules and in some cases, integrity.

Ski Patrol

Sorry but the graph is a joke.

I made considerably more then that each year. And no I wasn't volunteering for open time. It appears the poster had an agenda.

s10an

I was goning to comment on that too... Everyone has their reasons for what they do, but picking up time on vacation is just bad karma...

jaded

lol, and what agenda might that be? what's so hard to read about hourly x min guarantee? It's a comparison of min guarantees. It's plain to see that per diem, open time, credit hours and working above guarantee are not included in the graph. You don't have to "volunteer for open time" to credit higher than 70-76 hours. There are many factors involved. I don't know who you work for but... Some companies who clearly have a smaller pilot to airplane ratio will probably work their pilot group a lot harder than other companies. Is it possible for someone who work at the lower end of that graph make more in one year than a Horizon pilot without picking up open time? Absolutely. It also all depends on how people bid, including people sitting on reserve. Some people bid reserve and bid last out so they never get called out, some people bid first out. Maybe in some airlines 3 years is enough to have enough seniority that you have a better choice of which line credits more in one month. I can tell you now that 3 years at GoJet or Compass vs 3 years at Eagle or Comair might be a difference of holding a line in the single digits or sitting reserve. That graph is pretty objective in my opinion. It just didn't involve other factors.

Ski Patrol

For starters there is the first gaping hole in the equation. Somebody probably already mentioned it but the graphs compare turboprop payscales to jet. Apples and Oranges that's all.

Aviatormar

It's awesome you know what's going on at my airline; we've recalled everyone and are set to hire in the spring. So I don't have any qualms about picking up time, and I figured this time would pay for my online classes (I'm going back to school, after dropping out like a moron in college to go work at a flight instructing job in California, dumb, dumb, DUMB!!!).

And for working, since we have trip touching, and I'm dumb and didn't realize I had vacation, I couldn't get any more days off then 5 (long story, it all primary but since I took 6 months off, I lost a few days and it just snuck up on me).

jaded

Correct, it's a worst case scenario comparison. Also technically turboprop to jet is meaningless. Q400 vs ERJ135 for example... the Q should obviously pay more. I'm assuming you were implying turboprops should pay less. The next graph im trying to work on involves hourly vs seating capacity.