Originally Posted by
Powderkeg
The pay scales go up every March, the numbers you reference will change in a couple weeks.
A pilot starting class this March would be making $124/hr once they start year 3 (2 years of service). If they consistently credit 100 hours per month that’s around 105 hours of pay credit including the 25% override after 82 hours. Just shy of $160k per year and you don’t even have to use that fuzzy math of including DC or per diem.
That being said, crediting 100 hours per month isn’t sustainable in my mind but to each their own. Plenty do more when they’re married to the premium folder alerts.
i would disagree, not only is 100 hours a month sustainable, it is very easy, especially if you live in domicile. In fairness, it might be more correct to say 1200 hours for the year because you might not credit 100 every month although it is entirely possible.
i typically average 1500 credit hours a year, and I don’t kill myself doing it. I work 2 of my 4 vacation weeks, grab an occasional PAF trip and I commute. If you live in domicile and it isn’t DEN, the PAF flying has been crazy and very lucrative.
the guys who live on flica are crediting 2500 hours a year, but they are killing themselves doing it.