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07-22-2021, 11:55 PM
#312
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2015
Position: Captain for Skyhawks
Posts: 479
We are DOS+3 right now. I also don’t count 401k or per diem as pay. Per diem is for expenses. I’m not pocketing it. It covers about two sit down meals with not even three if you aren’t eating garbage fast food. Yes, 401k is compensation but it’s not “salary” which is what we are talking about. I’m also not saying what we make isn’t a livable wage but let’s stop inflating it into something it’s not. It’s not anywhere on par with the industry first of all and second people keep saying captains are making $300k which they are not. Let get off the yellow koolaide for a few minutes and tell the truth.
How often is overtime or 200% red flag pay offered? Does spirit offer extra pay to pick up trips at all in open time?
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07-23-2021, 01:01 AM
#313
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2015
Posts: 216
At top CA pay thats like less than 87 hours a month. We are talking total compensation which includes the additional 15% DC which comes regardless of what I put in. I'm at 92 hours next month with 15 days off. Just 4 4-day trips. I may pick up a 3 day and GFD it and possibly try for an x/y trip. I could easily hit mid to upper 120s in credit. That type of pay is very easy to obtain here for a CA, especially one at 12 year pay as he/she will be able to get what they want in terms of a schedule.
07-23-2021, 08:00 AM
#315
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2009
Posts: 156
We are DOS+3 right now. I also don’t count 401k or per diem as pay. Per diem is for expenses. I’m not pocketing it. It covers about two sit down meals with not even three if you aren’t eating garbage fast food. Yes, 401k is compensation but it’s not “salary” which is what we are talking about. I’m also not saying what we make isn’t a livable wage but let’s stop inflating it into something it’s not. It’s not anywhere on par with the industry first of all and second people keep saying captains are making $300k which they are not. Let get off the yellow koolaide for a few minutes and tell the truth.
07-24-2021, 05:45 AM
#318
Perennial Reserve
Joined APC: Jan 2018
Posts: 12,203
Your per diem too. It’s not like you weren’t going to eat anyway if you were sitting reserve in base or at home, for that matter. That money is tax free which makes it especially valuable.
money is fungible, you see…
Last edited by Excargodog; 07-24-2021 at 05:55 AM.
07-24-2021, 05:58 AM
#320
Perennial Reserve
Joined APC: Jan 2018
Posts: 12,203
. Dictionary
sal·a·ry
/ˈsal(ə)rē/
noun
sal·a·ry
/ˈsal(ə)rē/
noun
- a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly or biweekly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker.
"he received a salary of $29,000"
Last edited by Excargodog; 07-24-2021 at 06:25 AM.
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