Originally Posted by Retractable

7n7 Schedule Example

Base. $172,974
FDP. $30,000 (33% of this goes to 401K).
OT 11%. $19,027
Holiday. $7,000 (assuming you work half of them)
PerDiem (I hate including this). $7500 assuming 182 days worked
Yearly Bonus $6,901
PTO sell back. $5,400 assuming you sell back 5 days and burn 7

Your buddies were right... it’s not $250k... it’s $248,801. Damn. And that’s 7n7 where you fly 5 days and have a company paid ticket to get to and from the jet on day 1 and 7. Sometimes there’s a flight on day 1 or 7, most times not.


And if you want to work Extended Days at 4 per bid period on the 7n7, it’s another $17k in extended day pay annually which triggers more perdiem, more OT, more FDP, etc.

If your buddies are laughing, it’s ashamed they left of it was “for the money” as it seems they just didn’t know how to read and leverage their contract.

Cheers!

It seems the industry is having a great year!