Originally Posted by Blackhawk

First, the pay at K4 won't be quite what you get at a legacy. The big difference is retirement, but there will be a push for it in this next contract. It's a trade-off for those who commute, however. Especially if you chose to live in a remote location. If you're commuting 3-4 times a month and losing 1-2 days for each commute, how much money is more time at home and not sweating a commute worth? For some it's priceless.

Pay for extra crew members. If you have 4 crew members on a leg, all four of you are paid for it. I may sit in a crewmember seat for 2 hours of a 8 hour leg and sleep in a bunk the rest of the time, but I'm paid for 8 hours.

Reference reserve rules. Reserve is very different here. You are given your 16-day schedule. In some cases, it is all reserve. In other cases, you may have a reserve period thrown on during your line. This last part is not a bad thing as you are given 4 hours of pay for it. Pull 4 reserve periods in a 16-day trip and it's another 16 hours of pay. I've sat reserve everywhere from Honolulu, Hong Kong, Anchorage, Istanbul, Leipzig...

As a junior pilot, I credit a little over 70-80 hours/month. So not the 100 hours it used to be, but not bad.

It's a different lifestyle that may work well for some, not for others.