Originally Posted by
Broncofan
I personally never understood the “you can make much more money on the line”. You absolutely could make more money on the line, but you’re gonna work for it. By my calculations, I would have to work an 80 hour line as a 737 captain to make the same amount as an instructor. Plus if I pick up some overtime, it makes the difference even smaller.
The pilot 1 number jr to me in base February:
15 days off
89:54 line
306:55 TAFB
$26,764 base + $814 PD =
$27,578
TK in February:
13 days off
90:00 line
$1285 override
$22,292 base + $1285 OR =
$23,292
Math says
$4,286 more in February on the line then in TK, and with 2 more days off. That’s TK making more than $51,000 less per year with 15-20 days off less per year. Sure you can pick up OT right now at TK, if you did the max of 3 OT you would then match the $ of the 15 day off line, but would then only have 10 days off vs 15.