Originally Posted by C11DCA

Whackmaster,

It sounds like you are trying to budget/ use future raises or bigger equipment to make a budget plan work.

Having been hired in 1998 when we had 3 years to upgrade to Captain, I made 767 F/O in six months, and then contract 2000. I thought life was great and I was set. The past decade has proven that plans don't always happen they way you think or plan.

So my advice would be to use the narrow body pay as your baseline for the first 5 years. If you are able to bid a wide body (the big ones- not the 767-300) great but think of it as icing on the cake, and don't count on that bigger paycheck. Besides, there isn't much difference between wide body reserve (which you be for a long time) and narrow body line holder.

Reserve guarantee is 73 hours. Line holder guarantee is 70 hours.

Just speaking from experience.

DC