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01-05-2016, 08:02 AM
#2725
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Joined APC: May 2008
Posts: 617
Hey do the 737 pilots potentially get paid more than the Airbus guys? I ask because I see the 737-700 and A319 are a lower rate and there are way more A319s than there are -700s. Just curious money-wise which one might be a better choice.
01-05-2016, 08:13 AM
#2726
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Joined APC: Jul 2008
Posts: 864
Yes. First year pay is the same but, starting second year, you'll have more pay in the higher pay band on the 737 fleet.
01-05-2016, 08:42 AM
#2727
Guppy reserve EWR
Joined APC: Feb 2013
Position: 737 FO
Posts: 501
Keep in mind which one you might be able to hold a line quicker (or at least which base will allow you to break guarantee easier). 73 hours as opposed to high 80s makes a pretty big difference. Lots of things to consider.
01-05-2016, 09:10 AM
#2728
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Posts: 840
The blended rate on the Airbus will be slightly lower than the 737 after your first year. Only 40 737-700s in a fleet of approximately 300 737 airframes has little effect on the blended rate. However, the Airbus fleet has about 97 A-320s and 55 A-319s, with more 319s on the way. So that fleets blended rate will be a little lower. But as was mentioned previously, whatever fleet you can be a line holder faster will translate into more $$. Reserve pays a 73 hour guarantee and many times you won't surpass that. A lineholder can easily get over 90 hours of pay credit. So do the math. 73 hours at a slightly higher hourly rate (only a few dollars difference from the 737 to the Bus) is lower than 90 hours at the lower payband.
01-05-2016, 05:02 PM
#2730
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Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: 777, sofa
Posts: 1,183
The Dec 8 class had enormous variation. With 65 of us, they broke us up into 4 teams by seniority (age) to make some of the "onboarding" smoother. Lots of very experienced, and commensurately older pilots in my group, nobody under 40. I didn't have a chance to hear the backgrounds of the other groups but the youngest are in their 20s, there were lots of RJ guys, a few from VX, B6 & Spirit, Cargo, and Mil types. There really was no apparent "United" archetype, from an age/background standpoint.
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