Originally Posted by DC8DRIVER

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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