Originally Posted by
HPIC
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.
They include per diem and other perks to that number, let's play with it a bit.
Year 3 747 FO flying in/out of china makes 297/hr. Outbase guarantee is 21k, 90 hours of flying in/out of China, HKG and so on will pay what, 11500 over guarantee? Add 2000 of per diem, and you are getting 35k that month as a year 3 FO. Thats 420k/year. For working 365 days, and assuming COVID pay continues. And you have no friends, or a very expensive ex-wife, likely a few of them.
400k is not "impossible" but it is highly unrealistic.