Originally Posted by
crewdawg
If you care more about pay per day worked than you do total dollars (without being tethered to ARCOS), then it's very easy to see, commuter or not. As an example, take a look at LAX 350B/7ERA in August. 350B is working 12 days and getting 85:45 hours of pay. A 7ERA would have to get three 4-day trips that average 23:36 to make the same pay/day gone...quick look through the wide report shows very few even break 21 hours. That said, noone who didn't have vacation is only working 12 days on the 7ERA next month. If they did, their pay is more likely down at 63 hours, which would be ~$2k LESS than the 350B in this scenario. I know you absolutely love the crack that is GSs, but let's take those out of the conversation for a minute because those aren't always flowing, and this may be hard for you to believe, but not everyone likes to base their lives around them. In fact, many pilots would back contractual changes that, while good for most, would likely have a secondary impact of reducing GS's.
Don't bid a plane based on your "chances" for a greenslip. When I got on the 73N as a new hire it was GS city and the 320 was barely getting any. Fast forward a year or so and the GS dried up on the 73N and 320s went hog wild. GS are great and all, but don't base your life around them.
I sense alittle bit of animosity here against GSs. It's all about flexibility. A couple strategic WSs was even mentioned in the 350 example. I agree 100% if you prefer pay per day worked than you do total dollars the 350 is better, but that type of flying overwhelmingly is favored by a commuter. Sure an in base pilot would also have more days off, but several of those days off will be recovering from "international fog". For some the health benefits of upgrading and living in base is worth it even flying a couple extra days. Moreover, with domestic fully recovered and Intl still far from it, the "Earnings Power" of a pilot strongly favors domestic A. Even senior 717As are doing 350k+.
Not trying to make this a Intl B vs Domestic A war, as it all comes down to pilot preference. When it comes to pay per day WB B is unquestionably superior.
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