Originally Posted by
Spitch
I didn’t say I wasn’t working extra, at least prior to November, now not so much😉. I’m just answering the question with my experience, and several others I know. Living in base, it’s easy to make extra, even being junior, without too much effort. The math is simple. 17 hours a week (our BLG) equals 884 hours a year. 265 (ish) an hour x 884 is $234k without a single minute of extra flying. That doesn’t count per diem, training, draft, international, or vacation buyback. Sale back one vacation adds $17k, now we’re up to $251k. One only needs to fly an additional 3.7 hrs/wk. that’s 82 hours in a 4 week month or 100 in a 5. FYI, both of those numbers are below the average line credit for a Memphis based 777 captain for the past few months.
In your original post, you stated that you made in the low 300's without working to hard. You may not think that working extra is working to hard, but as you pointed out, you do have to work more than your BLG to do it. That is all I was trying to point out to the OP. I also count selling back vacation as working extra because you could have had those days off with pay, but chose to work them instead to make more money. I am not making a judgement here, I am just trying to clarify to the OP that if you want to make in the low 300's as a junior 75 captain, you will have to pick up extra days of work. If you only work your line and take your vacation, you will make closer to 1000 times your hourly rate in the 757. Everyone has to do what works best for them.