Originally Posted by
RunnerMark
Thanks for taking all the time to create that graph.... which is completely subjective and full of more "what if" scenarios than Will Ferrel has created parody movies.
I respect that you took the time to do that, but seriously... trip rig, duty rig, per diem, time away from base, mx pay, cx pay, dh pay, block or better pay. Is ANY of that accounted for? You can't possibly suggest your graph is even conceivably accurate. And this is all based on assumptions!! Waste of time.
Admittedly, it's a rough approximation. But considering both companies (well, at least SkyWest) has everything you just mentioned with the exception of a trip rig (although they do have premium pay for anything schedule over 13 hrs duty). In other words, it's conservatively biased towards low numbers on the case of SkyWest. The truth is, I make FAR more than the first year SkyWest pay as a first year pilot. The point is to show the fallacy of going by first year pay alone, which I think it does quite well. Sorry if you don't understand it.