Originally Posted by
PropPiedmont
If you lucky enough to live in base and be on reserve you can make a killing. I'm over 150 trips for June now, with 35 at second year pay. You can put yourself into 30/7 problems which turns a reserve day or two into a day where you don't fly.
Here the math for my June:
120 trips @ 45.90 = $5508.00
35 trips @ 77.45 = $2710.75
Per diem = $735.00 (I've been a *****)
Total for Month Gross = $8953.75 (About $6000 net)
Not bad for first year pay, but I did have to work my butt off for it. Averaging 120 trips a month, with 20 being at 2nd year pay is very easy to do.
I'm making up for the pay during training. For my first two months I netted (not grossed) $5000ish. That's both months combined.
Want to die young? I blocked 17 hours last month with a 75 hour guarantee. Got paid 17K. This happens every month. It's called a Trip-rig. You Guys at SWA are Brain washed into selling your Time. I have many many friends over there, and they all sound the same. Working 120 trips and 20 days. Crazy.