Originally Posted by
Mdool145
I live near San Antonio and am approaching the FO minimums (800TT) ... are there any FO openings at SAT? If so, what aircraft? I'd prefer to work near home rather than commute to work. Also, how much do FO's make, and what is the days on/days off schedule (8/6, 7/7, 10/5 etc)? Trying to decide if I want to do this or just keep instructing.
There aren't specifically any "openings". Other than our E120s, which require two pilots by their certification, the purpose of our hiring first officers is to help pilots get the time required to become captains. So we could put BE1900 first officers in San Antonio, but the runs there are relatively low time, so we would normally not place someone there unless we just had more FOs than we could accommodate at other bases. And once you got closer to captain mins we would likely move you to a higher time run to get you ready quicker.
That being said, as an FO it is normally a 5 day per week schedule. Per the last pay scale I saw, a first year FO makes $31K. And if you are at 800TT as you say, you should be a BE99 captain before 6 months when you will be making $50K per year (first year.)
If you think there is even a chance you might be interested, talk with a recruiter about the specifics.