Originally Posted by
Kansaspilot92
Do positions such as check pilot and instructor get you more pay?
How does working a day off work in terms of pay and bidding?
If you come in as a Be99 captain, do you get ATP before advancing to the 1900 and are there any training contracts with that?
Since its an out and back route, would I be sitting in the hotel room most of the day between flights or does that change per route?
Are all pilots scheduled a 5 day with the ability to work a day more or how does that start off? This would be for a Be99 in DFW as the beginning.
Thanks!
Training captains get "T" pay which is 1.5 times the normal rate on the days they perform training.
Base pay is 40 units a week. You get extra for various things such as extending your duty day for repositioning, or if you are on a M-F schedule and pick up a Saturday in addition to a 40 unit line.
Outstation based runs are Monday night through Saturday morning (5 overnight layovers), and usually get 40 units.
Reserve lines often get you home earlier and still pay 8 units a day. Same with out and back runs. Routes with an all day layover pay 8 units as well.
I'm sure someone else can give you more details on the ATP, but from what I've seen, when you get a type rating (Metro or 1900) it is initially commercial. Then, before your annual recurrent in such, you do your CTP course and your recurrent checkride becomes your ATP checkride.