Originally Posted by
prettyflyssi
I saw it in the company presentation prior to the interview. They used Year 3 FO rates and showed a min, mid and max level of compensation for each fleet. I do remember it saying you could make somewhere around $450k as a 747 FO. In their defense, they were pretty clear at the time that the high end was abnormal but just emphasized it is possible.
For a 3 year FO to make $450k it would require them working every single day of the year. 365 days straight. That would also require that open time trips be available at that seniority level that would fill in every single day of the year.
At year 3 pay rates(and I even assumed the year 3 pay rates that would be in effect 3 years from now at DOS+3) it would require about 2559 hours of pay to make $450k. That’s 213.25 hours a month. 17 work days is worth 82.28 hours of pay if the trip starts at 0000Z on day 1 and ends at 2359Z on day 17. More realistic for a 17 day trip is about 75-77 hours of pay. Months with training will most likely be 64 hours for 17 days. Open time pays 4.84 hours a day CRT plus 2 hours the first day, 4 hours the second, and 6 hours day 3 and on in a month.
Typical HR BS. It’s not just abnormal it’s impossible.