Originally Posted by jtf560

I'm an SIC on the Global and have bypassed upgrade for about 3 years due to road QOL, not pay. The pay is better than other fleets as an SIC, but other than 2021, I would make more as a PIC in any fleet and also work many less days. I worked 215 days in 2021 and made over 330K, not including per diem or company match. There is no way I would be able to do a ton of super long tours for the exceptional extended days and big FDP payouts if I was a PIC in any fleet I could hold- I would burn out way too fast. I would be on the 7&7 with an occasional extended day as a PIC and that is why I would only have made less in 2021- a year with a non permanent LOA that paid out big. I won't be working like 2021 this year even if they continue to extend the LOA. Realistically, once we are properly staffed I will be making a little over 200K on either the 7&7 or 60 day schedules with occasional extending, not the craziness I signed up for last year. The QOL is truly light years better on the Global and that is what makes it my preferred choice over PIC in the smaller cabin fleets. Anyone who really wants to make a lot of money and doesn't mind working really hard will make significantly more as a PIC.