Originally Posted by
rswitz
The whole "airline pilots make a lot of money and can afford to tip" argument is interesting when you consider the fact we have FOs bringing home <$30k.
Originally Posted by
rswitz
When you're taking home less than 30k, it doesn't really matter what the money is called.
Just cause you say it multiple times doesn't make it true.
The only people at Skywest who are making less than 30K per year are either trainees who were sent home and are getting paid a pittance for not working, waived min credit to work other jobs, or took VTO or CPTO
2020 first year pay was $45.90 per hour
reserve guarantee for most of the year was only 67 hours
12 monthsX67 hours per month X45.90 per hour= $36,903.60. and that doesn't include at least one PPS paycheck and a few bucks per diem to get three landings every three months.
BUT, BUT, BUT you're going to say, "I said Taking home 30k". Take home is a non comparator because of the variations of withholding for taxes, 401, insurance, HSA, FSA, stock purchase, etc. I know of first officers who gross over $80k, yet take home less than $30k because of maxing out their 401 to $19k per year, fully funding their HSA, withholding extra taxes because of a side gig or spouse that works a good paying job.
When you're a poor college student driving a hotel shuttle nights to pay tuition, or a single mother working the morning shift before her full time job to make ends meet, every dollar matters.