My count has it much less now. It's a mess. You can bet on a $15,000 sign-on bonus soon.

Funny thing is how the numbers work out, a 5 year first officer makes $37.70 per hour or about $34,000 a year. A first year FO makes$24.78 an hour coming out to about $22000 plus the 15,000 bonus will give him $37,000 for the year. The new guy makes $3000 a year more than the 5 year guy. The smart thing is to quit each time you get the bonus (if you ever get it) and then start again. Once you get the hours to upgrade you can start as a new hire captain anyway. By then they will probably be giving 30k bonuses to those with captain hours.

We never claimed to be the best negotiators here at Gojet. Once thing you can count on as a new hire at Gojet is that you know exactly what your pay rate will be when you upgrade in 5 years, exactly what the contract says today. Unless of course we accept a concessionary contract in exchange for new shinny jets!

Anyway, come for the laughs, you won't believe what goes on here! That 510 number I think is now a goal that we will have for a long time. I know several guys who are leaving and 2 guys who are leaving shortly but don't know it yet!