Originally Posted by
viper548
Take the job where he has the easiest commute, or even better, live in base. It might take a few years on the captain side of the pay scale to make $100K. I was making a little over $100k at SkyWest as a 10yr. CRJ CA. Part 117 made it harder to make extra money on my days off.
I actually don't mind the 117 rules for picking up OT since it allows usually up to 9 hours of flight time. At Envoy where we still have hard lines and not PBS, a lot of guys would bid transition conflicts and could make some good bank on that. Now 117 I know has put a damper on that.