Originally Posted by
Jumpseatcrawler
Fair points, no shoe fits all i guess. To my logic a 10dllr difference at 75hrs a month 750 x 12 months = 9000 dollars. To me, that is not peanuts.
Second, not everyone upgrades at a min of 70 or 72, im getting 67.
Not a terrible gig, not complaining, works for me right now. I just wanted to share some info in case there are new hires and wanted to get a current perspective.
For someone with a "guaranteed" spot at a major (military, and other preferred categories), Envoy likely isn't the best choice.
But for someone who perhaps isn't at the top of the picking order, it still has a good value proposition.
Let me try to open my reasoning a bit more.
This is not my personal situation, but I fall into the similar outlier category.
Let's say you're 45yo with 1500 hours. And let's assume you have a 4 year degree (because if you don't, W/O's are the only game in town if legacies are your end game).
After 5 years at a regional, you're sitting at 5000 hours at 50 years of age.
You start to apply at majors, but unless you have a VERY strong resume from pre-aviation years, you will never get a call. You will probably get through the initial ATS (Taleo, if you're applying to AA) scoring, but since you are so far below your peers (that is: you are being compared against other 50 year old applicants). You have a very big chance on getting stuck at that regional.
Only then you start to consider what the pay rates at 5+ years are at your regional.
Delaying your major indoc date by one year, assuming you are 53 years old or younger, costs you 25 years of pay difference at 8 year pay between Envoy and Republic.
That is why I consider it peanuts, assuming you have to calculate the stuck-at-regional risk value.