Originally Posted by
statepilot
Hello, I live an hour south of CVG. I fly a Navajo for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, make $66,000 and am home with my family every evening. I am 45 years old with about 6200TT, 4300 PIC, 1000 PIC Turbine, 700 Jet, 2700 TT Turbine and am currently acting chief fixed-wing pilot. I may already know the answer, but I thought I would ask if it was worth me pursuing SA. Thank you so much for your time!
You would make roughly the same at SAI as a 737 CA or a 777 FO as you do now. A lot less as a 737 FO. You would be gone about 1/2 the time as a 737 guy and 2/3rds of the time as a 777 guy. You would spend much of that road time in interesting places like Nottingham, Leipzig, Los Angeles, Bahrain, and Hong Kong. On the 737 the only current long stay is Edmonton, Alberta. The 777 is a great plane to fly. It does everything but make your bed for you. The 737 is the world's most popular airliner. The hours are very difficult. All overnight flying on the 737. Mostly 16+ hour duty days with 24 hours off (which is exactly the worst amount of break to have) on the 777.
You have a fixed amount of time on the planet. Do you prefer to spend it with your family, or with a bunch of freight dogs? Some of the dogs are great. Really great. Some not so much. Some really not so much.
SAI would take you in a heartbeat.
Would you take SAI is the real question.