Originally Posted by
Vanilla
One thing to consider.
New hires are paid 16 hours per week at the applicable rate which is slightly less then the min monthly guarantee. This occurs until the beginning of the Bid Period following successful completion of OE.
The Q400 bonus is up to $25k depending on experience. The E175 bonus is up to $20k depending on experience.
Regarding the minimums to upgrade. The 1,000 hours SIC is an FAR (
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/121.436).
That is not waivable. The 750 hours is a
company requirement which the company is relaxing and waiving on a case by case basis for those joining with prior 121 time. We already have Q upgrade awards going to December 2017 hires.
Re: 1000 hours of Part 121 time: Good to know, I saw the company E-mail and thought that the company had somehow wrangled an exemption.
Re: "Training" pay: Don't get me started, I get VERY angry when I hear about this. The hour credit should have been much higher, say 20-25 credit hours per week. If I recall correctly, you're on training pay until the END of the month in which you complete OE. Crew Scheduling has shamelessly abused this provision. There's been a bunch of grievances files on this issue, so it may have been changed.