Sure, its possible (and likely with our current staffing) some will fly more than 75hrs a month and work more than 4 days a week (I haven't had more than 11 days off since the bankruptcy, not by choice) and therefore earn more.

But can't fast food employees work overtime too? I was using base full time wages to make an argument that we are underpaid when you can consider a minimum wage uneducated employee to be in roughly the same tax bracket, and that sad fact is a big reason why we see a shortage of regional airline pilots.

Congrats on the bonus, how much would you have earned with the pre-bankruptcy contract?