To the regional captain that was asking about income .

I am about to go on 4th year pay, I am a Florida commuter with a Crashpad. My situation is a little dif than the recent guys hired , cause I was lucky enough to get on at the begening of what we ll call this hiring wave that has been going on the last three years. Hire month date of April.

2nd year W2 I made 101,000
3rd year W2 I made 141,000

Last year includes a profit sharing check and selling back the PTO that we get each month. I get the days off I need for vacation therefor don't need vacation , would rather sell it for money.

I keep my credit high , 95 or so. And I always try to swap into trips that pay better. I don't pick up a more days than what I am awarded much , rather swap out unefficient trips for better paying ones. I have to hawk flica in order to get these trip other wise the ninjas always get them. I don't do what we call RSA's or VDA's cause I don't live in base. (Basically signing your self up for flying at a high pay rate, kinda like throwing your self on reserve for a day or two . Plus I like to think that picking up extra time like that could be another new hire on property .

I do live in a Florida Blue city so the commute helps when being really flexible for trips that pop up in open time to make the credit effective.

I agree with what many said on here . Get rid of the PTO system and pay us like most of the industry , our system
Is designed to not want to call
In sick cause you ll loose too much money.

Hopes this gives you an idea of what to expect , really depends how much you wana work. Pay needs to be improved badly , but far from the bottom. People are great and red eyes are the devil.

Good luck