Originally Posted by
Jason605
I had an interview scheduled this week but had to cancel it due to being on a contract trip and it got extended. I originally told the HR person at Omni, that would probably happen with this group I was flying. Anyway, they said they didn't have any future interview dates available right now and would get back to me.
I'm curious what I may have lost out on here. Is the pay scale shown on this site, accurate? First few years in the 50k range? Upgrade over 6 years or so? Thanks for any imput you can provide, just wanting to see if this was a job I would have stayed at or okay to pass by.
For the past 10 years I've been making over a 100k and was ready to take a cut to go somewhere long term, but I wouldn't be able to take a huge cut for more than 2 years unless it was someplace where I could keep contracting to make up the difference for those years. Just contracting, I'm in the 150's now, luckily.
Thoughts from some of the Omni people for someone like me?
Pay Scale is correct , expect $50K plus per-diem. Over time on a day of is $250 plus 3.33 hrs or block which ever is greater. There is no override if you break the 60hr monthly guarantee.
When I left May of last year it was just over 4 years to upgrade. Packrat would know better than I if this has changed as I believe he was hired about the time I left.
Don't know how old you are but I would not look at Omni for the long term. It's not a place to go and stay. Although there are several great pilots that gut stuck there for what ever reason.
Why would you leave a $150K year job to come to Omni. Even as a line Captain the best you will do is $120K on 12th year pay. You would have to work all the time overtime you could get, be an Check airman, Sim instructor or do the IAD flying to break that.
As far as additional flying goes I believe that the Chief Pilot has to approve it per the EPPM (Employee Procedures and Policy Manual). I think thats the name of the manual but if I am wrong someone will be along to correct me.
On the plus side I had a blast there, did things and went places I never get to do again. Made some great friends and ultimately land my dream job because of Omni.