Originally Posted by
Xdashdriver
I only found the AA wholly own carriers doing the captain pay at 750 hours thing. None of Skywest, Republic, Mesa or Endeavor are doing that as far as I could see from their recruitment pages. There are bonus programs at both the regionals and Frontier, but they're probably better at the regionals. You're missing the 15% DC, vacation credit, as well as the stuff the above poster mentioned. Upgrade will likely drop to 2 years here in about 2-3 months.
Republic gives captain pay at 850 hours now. Don’t keep up with Mesa or the others as much.
DC is a huge plus at Frontier. Every other weekend goes critical on the captain side which is 175% pay at my regional.. every airline has their soft pay rules, holiday pay we had captains making 40K as line holders, some over 50K flying over their vacation. $213/hour captains here over 5 years. One LCA made over 70K in December. FO’s clearing 20K for holiday months is normal too.. we all got nice soft pay rules
This is why all the captains at top pay rate and able to flow within 2 years are staying. Money is too good, not to mention the bonuses they receive too.
line holder can easily get 16-18 days off a month at a WO if they please