Originally Posted by I like BIG Bus

A couple year’s seniority at a legacy is worth more than a mere $50,000. The difference between my pay and the pay at a legacy per hr is almost $50,000. Heck, the slope between 5th yr Captain pay and 12th yr here is almost 50 grand itself. Don’t be fooled by the money slight of hand here. Yr 2 CPT pay at a legacy is better than 10 yr CPT pay here. Is it a good living, yes. But I’d be leery of people flashing big money around here. They are 12+yrs or glued to Flica or both. If they say they aren’t, they’re lying or are circumventing the system in some fashion or are working their tails off. PBS here is worthless if you aren’t top 15 percent. Most of the pairings are garbage ie: leaving early and getting back late, redeye, leave late one day sit in a hotel 24-30 hrs then back day 3, etc. we need to do a lot of work to make this place better. Is it better than charter, cargo, corporate? Yes, from what I’ve heard from the people coming from those areas. Should you shoot higher? Yes. The fact that they are offering you 50 grand to come here should speak volumes. If you are coming here for a Florida base you are too late. You’ll hear that you can get Tampa, Miami, even Orlando in a month or two. This is true, but it’s because people are choosing upgrade over base, and/or leaving as fast as they can. There is a growing number of people choosing to remain FOs for quality of life and waiting to upgrade in Orlando, and most of the senior FO movement is taking upgrade in another base waiting for a space to open in Orlando. The CPT list in Orlando is quickly becoming Denver, moving only with retirement or the occasional CPT leaving for somewhere else. I’ve been here 8 yrs and I’m not moving up the list at all. Better than a regional? With the new pay rates at regionals I can’t exactly say for sure. But from my experience, it’s close, but yeah, it is better than a regional.

Originally Posted by JoeFever1

If you live in FL the decision to leave is not an easy one for sure…