Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
You do realize that one would have to earn 1558 hours of credit in their first year to earn $30k? Even with $5k in per-diem included in that figure, you'd still have to learn almost 1300 hours of credit in your first year - after a "couple months of reserve" AND two months of training.
My first year at SKW I grossed $28,518 with 0 reserve, crediting 1274.4 hours and with just over $4K being in per diem; second year my W2's will state almost $52K. You could easily do $30K but you need to live in domicile. Once our new pay policy is in place $30K should be easy with around $35K being possible if you live in domicile and are willing to work the system.
IMO, $52K shoud be what a first yr FO at the regional level shoud make, I'm sure you'd all agree.