Originally Posted by
DenverPilot8
Jesus Man. It's not that hard to figure out. If you are a CQFO and fly as an FO you'll make $43-$45ish Dollars an Hour. When you fly as a Captain you will make $61ish dollars an hour. The amount you fly as an FO or Captain will fluctuate depending on need. Which at the moment is going to be very high (for Captains). TSA is over staffed on FOs right now. Which means the first few classes of CQFOs will most likely be flying as Captain a lot more than as FOs. It's not a "arbitrary" rate or deal. For most Regional FOs that are looking at 3 years till they upgrade this would be an IMMEDIATE pay increase for them and a significant one at that. The WORST they could do is make $43 an hour. That's the worst. Best case and most likely case is $61 an hour. It's amazing to me how you guys can turn this into a negative thing. Especially in a time when the likes of Mesa, Republic, and SkyWest are hiring pilots at $24 an hour or less.
Thank you...It's not rocket surgery. People are searching high and low to make this look like a scam or whatever, but talk to the actual people here, and in class, and you'll see it's been as advertised. The guys that are sitting on here looking for an excuse not to do it are going to be kicking themselves in 6 months when the picture starts to take shape and all these CQFOs getting hired now are captains.