Originally Posted by
JetJock16
Also remember that holding a line at SKW making 22/hr you'll make more than sitting reserve at Horizon, which you will do for almost a year (35 day bid period for guarantee lowers your yearly income quite a bit ($29 x 75 = x 10.43 bid periods per year = $22,683).
35 day bid does not lower your annual pay because the reserve guarantee is 86.3 hours per bid, which is roughly 75 hours per month. BTW, my first year at QX I sat reserve the entire time, put around 550 hours in my logbook, and including per-diem had a gross income of 33K. So, I likely made more first year at Horizon on reserve than I would at SkyWest as a lineholder.