It pays on the 20th, but as per the LOA they have up until the 5th to pay it. I know recently crew pay “forgot” to pay a ton of us our bonus on the 20th of this past month. Instead of waiting to pay us on the 5th, they overnighted a check. Sooo while frustrating, yay I guess?

And for all the guys thinking of coming here, you’ll get two maybe 3 quarterly 2500$ payments of that retention bonus and then you’ll be forced into a senior upgrade and back on reserve making min guarantee and paying for your own hotel out of pocket. Hopefully you can make the allowance stretch for the whole month.

As for flow times: assuming 15 in the seniority list senior to you leave each month....

Well let’s break down the math. Let’s say 15 pilots senior to you on average leave each month. Some months it’ll be more, others much less... sometimes they’ll all be senior to you, others junior & senior.... but 15 seems like a realistic number when including your time as an fo. 15x12=180 (rounded numbers used for simplicity). 1800 pilots divided by 180= 10 years at current flow / attrition rates. To me this seems like a realistic best case scenario to a new hire.

If you’re going to be stuck somewhere for 10 years, you’d better be happy wherever you are.