Originally Posted by
groovinaviator
I have an interesting Mesa story...
I was commuting from STL-ORF through CLT. The CLT-ORF leg i rode up front on a CRJ900 due to no open seats in the back. Both pilots had 4 stripes and I thought to myself that it must be OE or something... cool. It actually turns out that the captain in the right seat was junior manned to the right seat and was even senior to the captain in the left seat... that absolutely blew my mind! Junior manning to the Right seat? Has anyone else heard of this?
I have never personally had a Mesa jumpseater, but welcome aboard!
It happens at SKW as well, most of the time its new CA’s waiting for IOE who ride the right seat at 150% CA pay. I had a friend who was waiting for CA IOE and flew an 82 hour month as FO. His normal CA pay was $60 an hour and he was still paid his monthly guarantee seeing that all his FO flying was above and beyond his reserve pay, so here's how his month broke down:
Jr Manned: 82 hrs X ($60 X 150%) = $7,380
Plus:
Guarantee: 75 hrs X $60 = $4,500
$7,380 + $4,500 + $425 (per diem) = $12,305
NICE MONTH!
P.S. He couldn’t sitting reserve because he hadn’t finish IOE.