Originally Posted by
coodrough568
It’s actually hilarious. When a new hire FO divides his or her paycheck by TAFB, the hourly pay drops to like $6-8 bucks an hour.
that year one republic pilot brings home about $6.75 an hour after taxes
It’s a bit of a stretch to compare TAFB to working hours but with a 4 to 1 trip rig, that comes out to at least $11.59 (pretax, take home is too subjective) for every hour a first year FO is away from base.