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#2252
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2007
Posts: 224
I'm not beating my chest at all. Assuming your info is correct and your an FO and you've maxed your pay with 100 hours a month it's still only roughly $4200 a month. Which is still less than I make a month and I'm home every night. All I was saying is maybe 121 isn't for me at least at the regional level or at this point in my life.
100 hours is not the max per a month. I know a few FO's that are getting +130 hours of pay a month and only flying 60-70 hours a month. In fact I know a LGA FO that his monthly avg is 140 hours of pay.
#2253
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2010
Posts: 366
#2255
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2009
Posts: 158
Who pays that much to fly a Cherokee? And does your payscale go up to $100+ per hour eventually?
#2256
#2257
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Right seat, left seat, right seat, left seat....?
Posts: 122
#2259
Line Holder
Joined APC: Sep 2006
Posts: 89
I just don't see any way possible for you to credit 140 hours and only fly 60 or 70.
actually, I take that back, the only way i see to do that is if you had two vacations in a month and worked them and also flew with an IOE captain, got displaced and then picked up a 4 day.
and that doesn't happen every month, so for him to average that.... well someone is fibbing.
other than that, you cant get enough flying dropped in the transition even with 30 in 7 to warrant that kind of credit. On top of that you still have to pick up more flying to increase the credit.
My example for this month is I will get about 113 hours. I did this without being taken off for transition but I lost a lot of flying because of weather, then picked up at 150%. However, i still flew 98 hours for May.
On that example, even if i dropped an average day of say, 5.5 hours of flying in the transition, i might only be able to add between 10 and 12 hours of pay for a total of 125.
I'm not saying 140 is impossible, but to say that you could do that continuously for 11 or 12 months of the year while flying 60-70 hrs would be nothing short of magical.
Last edited by exxcalibur11; 06-01-2011 at 05:04 PM. Reason: spelling
#2260
I saw that Eagle has CRJ instructor positions open. What is the pay for a CRJ ground instructor there? Is there opportunity for advancement? Are you put on the seniority list or are you considered management?
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