Originally Posted by
mukalel
If atlas really has some stuff in the contract that keeps 737 pilots at first year pay for 3 years, (i think this is one of the most ridiculous things ive seen so far... Wonder how the group signed off on this as part of the contract..) atlas will have problems too because no one will come and work at atlas knowing they will be at 50 hour guarrentee pay and then still first year pay for the next 2 more years... I hope there can be some voting done to get rid of this clause in the contract..
The 50 hour guarantee is only for the first year pilots. On the 747, I was only at the 50 hour mark the first month when I had not yet started OE. I do not know about the 767. All subsequent years have a 62 hour guarantee. Again, my experience on the 747 is that I have been under 70 hours only twice in five years.
The two or three year "pay lock" on the light lift equipment was to protect against a pay cut from year one pay. In other words, this year, second year 747 FO pay is exactly $100.00. All the other fleet types are based as a percentage off of this rate.
Over 500,000 kilos MGTOW (i.e.A-380) pays at 108.03% of the base 747 pay.
375,000 - 500,000k = 100%
250,000 - 375,000k = 91.97%
125,000 - 250,000k = 83.94%
Under 125,000k = 75.91%
This year Atlas FO pay rates are:
1 - $79.60
2 - $100.00
3 - $105.45
4 - $111.14
5 - $117.08
So... year 2 pay on a 737 would be $75.91 with the percentage scheme, but the contract keeps you protected at $79.60. Year 3 pay on the 737 would be 75.91% of 105.45 or $80.05, so your pay would actually go up a whopping 45 cents.
Yes, the pay scales suck, but at least now you have an idea of what they actually would be for different equipment.
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