Originally Posted by
dera
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.
Nobody flies only Art 33 flights. A few legs here and there…not every single one and certainly not 90 hours worth.
You’re basing this on working every day of the month and that China/HKG will remain Art 33. That is not contractual. The company can cancel those at any time with 48 hours notice and 175% pay is gone for those countries(unless CDC level 4 or declared a hostile area).
This scenario assumes you never take vacation and you don’t have to go to training for an entire year. It also puts you over the legal limit of flight time of 1,000 hours in 12 calendar months.
Per diem should never be considered as part of pay.
You’re stacking everything for you and still not getting to the mythical $450k. As I stated originally….impossible.