Originally Posted by
flynavyj
Numbers like that are thrown out everyonce in a while, but typically has more to do with a pilots familiarity with how to "work the system" inside their company's constraints...end result, it's not the "norm" for most pilots with a company...
I know it's all about how a company works "soft time" and that it's possible to make big $$ with certain airliners...but if EVERY pilot was doing it at that company, the company would be out of business...I'd be more curious what a 4 year CRJ FO makes who simply "flies the line".
I simply fly the line, I do no tricks, I pick nothing up, and I drop stuff when I can. We have no reserves, so I pretty much never drop anything anymore unfortunately. I bid about 50% in my base and mostly fly the 700. This month I'm crediting 90 hours, 15 days off. Pretty typical for me.
I doubt the company would be out of business, because 1) I'm still WAY underpaid and 2) I'm just an average line pilot.