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Aviatrx
From what I have heard from helo pilots, they are taking large pay cuts to work at Envoy. After they hit the line they are having to take ML to supplement there income. Yet another argument to turn bonuses to rates. We could have increased staffing and they could be building hours towards Captain
So the bonuses are better for the guys on orders. If there’s a 10k bonus the mil guy gets all of that while only flying 50% of the lines. If the entire bonus goes into pay then the same individual effectively loses half of the bonus.
This may however entice mil guys to avoid ML. That being said, the options to skip mil training/deployments are less and less. I just took “voluntary orders” that were not that voluntary... then they extended them. Yeah...