Originally Posted by
bababouey
If you have to ask, you can't afford it. First year FO pay after taxes is ~$800 on the 5th, and around $1400 on the 20th based on your per diem. Your pay in training is actually higher than when you are on the line based on the 24/7 per diem. If you signed up for the A plan med bennies, i think that is $500 month, so you see there really isn't much left. Make sure you have a war chest/guard gig/ or spousal income before becoming a regional FO.
A Plan for employee and spouse is 497, but B plan is 221. The B plan is still really good coverage and quite frankly the A plan didn't make a lot of financial sense.