Originally Posted by
GPullR
PI hasn't been a desired job by many for years.
You say senior check airmen but majority are quite junior now.
I disagree with both statements. If you have access to the LCA roster, take a look, if you don’t, broad strokes: 90% can hold a line and more than half are top 60% in BES conservatively. So while there are quite a few new bodies doing LCA work in the 60-75% BES range, the majority could chase more money/QOL on the 756 or wide body. So ultimately when I say senior, I don’t mean most are sub 3,000 seniority, but it’s not as junior as some would have you believe.
As far as the PI gig, most of the reasonable chatter I hear is about missing out on PPU, but our bandaid approach to open flying is not guaranteed indefinitely. Their pay rate/hour combo puts them squarely around NB CA reserve. For the 2 year PIs, if you would rather sit reserve over the weekends 18 days a month, vs be home every night and most holidays… I’m not sure why you’d take the PI gig in the first place.