Originally Posted by
Approach1260
If you want to see something really fun check out the open time at places like Skywest, Air Whiskey, or Republic. Over there a 20 hour four day is a crap trip, and 24-25 hour four days are a dime a dozen.
It's no wonder my friend who is a bypassing First Officer (because they don't need to force upgrades) at Skywest is making easily more than me as a reserve Captain at PSA.
Not to stir the pot at all but between new hire bonuses and premium pay I hit 90,000+ this year at ZW as an FO. 100,000+ if you include per diem. Granted, I was averaging 7 days off a month and 125 hours of credit so QOL was non existent, but the money is there if that’s what you’re after.