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Originally Posted by
mexipilot84
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Mexipilot84,
Thanks for the quick reply and informative update.
So, a 13.6% increase for the 1st year Capt. pay ($117) and only a 1.5% increase for the new-hire F/O pay ($66)? That seems a bit off if a company wants to attract new applicants given the current industry demand for pilots... not to say that the Capt.'s don't deserve it, or even more.
From what I've read here, I assume that the VIP base is "home-based", and the company buys the pilot a ticket to go where the company needs them (ie. AEX), or wherever the vacation flight is departing from.
With a combination of standby reserve and scheduled charter flights on a bid line, how many hours per day is the pilot paid for sitting reserve? Is callout on reserve a long call (12 hours) or short call (2 hours) type? And how many hours is the reserve window (RAP)?
Sounds like 12 days OFF a month is the MAXIMUM in both 30 & 31 day months?
Thanks again, it's very helpful since Swift does not have an APC profile in the Charter section... AU.
The pay is not great, least they've pushed for increase twice in the last year. They still don't understand that the regionals are starting to pay better and it's where they need to get people from. I hope they catch on some time.
VIP is home based, they buy you a ticket to the acft.
I mean you're under a guarantee of 60hrs whether you're flying or on stby. If you want to get technical you're looking at about 3.3hrs of pay for sitting around or block or better. Only ones that really get short call reserve are the MIA crews. Long call is 12hrs short is 2.
Been trying to get swift added to the profiles