Originally Posted by
visualapp
Thank you all for your responses. Here's an estimate of how much you should expect to make for anyone that is in a similar situation. This is considering that: Atlas will get a CBA on 2021 (similar to ATI pay scales), and PSA flow to AA in 7 years. Both include hourly pay rates, per diem, no open time or any other soft pay.
Atlas, avg 65 hrs/month
2019: $73000
2020: $89000
2021 "new pay": $116000
2022: $120000
2023 (upgrade): $177000
2024: $183000
2025: $187000
2026: $192000
2027: $198000
2028: $202000
Total for a 10 year period: $1'375000
(Max annual pay after +12 years $213000)
PSA, avg 75hrs/month
2019: $62000 (including $10000 signing bonus)
2020: $91000 (upgrade + $8000 second year bonus)
2021: $85000
2022: $86500
2023: $88000
2024: $90000
2025: $92000
2026: $95000 (AA first year 737/320)
2027: $137000
2028: $160000
Total for a 10 year period: $834000
(Max annual pay after +12 years $320000)
Great job.
If I were running it, I’d leave the per diem out of it.... unless you’re going to include insurance costs and such. Just a straight pay to pay comparison. Also, I think your first year AA pay is wrong. I think you’ll get a CBA much sooner than folks are thinking.
Might be worth running a side by side with Spirit too. JetBlue pays a tad better and Frontier a tad worse so Spirit is a good LCC average.
One big thing missing is the retirement. When I built mine I assumed a 10% contribution from me plus either the match or the direct contribution. Build in a safe 5% gain.