Originally Posted by
Skyykingg
I’m still a year away from applying at the regionals so bare with me and my ignorance. I’ve looked at all regionals pay scale. I’m not seeing how $200k is possible even in 20 years as captain. One gentleman stated he’s making $135k a year as a 8 year captain? How is this even possible when the best I’ve found is $93k a year as 8 year captain?
I think $200K would be a stretch for a regular line pilot (non-instructor), but possible with a lot of work.
You're limited to 1000 hours block per year, but that's actual taxi/flight time. Many trips have additional "soft" credit built in for duty rigs, deadhead etc. You get paid for those hours but they don't count against your 1000 hour limit. So a trip could block 24, but pay 30+
Also you can trade trips around. If the company has open time trips which are going to be hard to cover with reserves, they'll offer x1.5 time, double or even possibly triple time. If you can work one or more of those each month, you can be well on your way to $200.
You can also include 401k match if you like, another 3-7%.
But again, it's going to be a lot of work, both actual work plus spending time gaming the scheduling system (that can be as addicting as FB... )