Originally Posted by
Hank Kingsley
You should qualify that statement, my best buddy is 88A and I'm 330A. We both fly what we bid and don't pickup extra. My PS check was considerably higher than his. So, unless you're an 88A picking up and flying a lot more, you're not going to make more. Plus I fly 12 days and he flies 15 days a month. I've done both jobs too.
You don't mention the seniority of you or your buddy. How senior is he on the 88....how senior are you on the 330?
I stand by what I said. If you want the best combo of money and QOL you have to be senior. And by senior I mean top 5% or so. Pretty much any category will do. The really senior guys on the 88 drop their trips, then put in white slips to pick up easy two day trips. One leg out, one leg back in the morning, 10:30 of pay. So yeah they may have worked two days on paper, but they didn't sign in til 1800 day one and were home before noon the next day. Add in the occasional greenslip and they are making great money and have a great QOL.