Originally Posted by
Hedley
Seriously? Who? NB instructors could check out as captain and then continue instructing at captain rates. Most WB instructors that I’ve dealt with are there because they really like widebody flying. If it was 90 hours with no 9 year cap I doubt they would leave. 90 hrs as a WB first isn’t that much different in pay than a junior NB captain, you sleep in your own bed every night, guaranteed home for major holidays, and you can cherry pick where and when you want to fly. It probably sounds better to most people than sitting reserve or flying a bunch of 2-3 leg per day 4 day trips with red eyes mixed in them somewhere.
if it sounded better to most people, they’d already be doing it and you wouldn’t be bombarded with CCS recruiting messages.
18 days of work, 13 days off. And don’t forget the 0400 show or 0230 end events in there.
Your own bed or not, WB FOs have already voted against working more for a little more pay. Find me a group of 777 PIs that can actually hold it but get paid less than the 737 PIs that hold CA?
There are many perks for local junior FOs taking a TK job. The relative advantage over line flying decreases with seniority under the current contract, and sharply at the 9 year point. That’s why the company was so willing to make a big adjustment to the cap. But let’s not assume that new hire widebody and 1-year CA are going to last forever. I’m confident our AIP language for TK will be suitable for retention.