Originally Posted by
Thedude86
Pay is a small snapshot of reality. As someone else mentioned the amount you’ll credit is significantly better at expressjet.
Read some of the PSA threads and go back a few pages and it’s discussed in greater detail.
Expressjet FOs are making more than all 3 of the American wholly owned’s captains. If you’re only going to be there 6-8 months maybe it’s not a big deal, but longer than that and the money will be more of a factor. I don’t know about the other places but reserve at PSA is about a year currently and increasing.
^What he said. First year pay at ExpressJet equates to around $50 per hour when you consider the “Earned Quarterly Override” payments. That’s regular compensation and not a bonus, so you won’t have to worry about paying those back if you leave.
In addition, there’s a $22,000 new hire bonus that has a 24 month commitment. As you mentioned, this isn’t really a factor in your decision.
What would be more important to you is that ExpressJet has available seats in class now, and will probably get you through training the quickest at about 3 months. Reserve rules are pretty good when compared to other regionals. (Airport standby is only 4 hours, you can’t be assigned airport standby 2 days in a row, you can’t be assigned airport standby on the last day of your reserve block.) Reserve should only be 3 or 4 months, and junior FO’s can expect to build a lot of hours over the next year.