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
Nobody in any industry gets paid by the hour for "time away from base". Hotel time is your time.
A better comparison would be gross pay per duty hour, which can actually get pretty low. Perhaps about half your published hourly rate, or even worse without rigs. That's why more seniority is better, so you can do longer legs and fewer of them. Also why transcons, over-water, and widebody flying is even better... you can get between 85% to 95% of your rate per duty hour.