Originally Posted by
EwrRocks
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.
With those numbers I'm assuming that pilot is a captain (seeing as I don't see any FO seat that pay $298/hr), so of course someone on a captain payscale is making more than someone capped at 9 year FO.
I think the people talking about the money are far junior to you. You can either work 90 hour lines as a 737 FO at e.g. ~172/hr or you can work 90 hour months in TK at $213/hr. Who do you think makes more in that scenario?