Originally Posted by
BobJenkins
Yes, terrible pay. Near the bottom of the industry, eh? Most are getting better, some aren't. Envoy pays $3 an hour more. XJet about $1 per hour more. AWAC $5 more. PSA $2 more. Not quite the landslide you claim, from my POV. I agree that pay increasing is good for all. But from what I read on here, reserves at some of these will be 1-2 years. Money is not the driving force behind everything, not the motivating factor for all. Some people want/need hours more than money.
There are maybe 2 or 3 shops with long reserve. Every other place is flying new hires to their hearts content. XJet is voting on an extension raising first year pay to 37/40. AWAC is 28 with one of the better overall contracts out there. Envoy and PSA have flow (YMMV). All of the places you listed have much better TOTAL compensation packages/contracts than Mesa.
You guys with the attitude that money doesn't matter are hurting those of us that have to support our families. I'm glad that this is just a fun hobby to you, but I have bills to pay. It's a sad state of affairs that we keep these sweat shops in business so that you can "get yours". There are plenty of regionals that offer plenty of flying/growth potential/quick upgrades and also compensate much better.