Originally Posted by
saltbae
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
And that's the big thing...sounds like QOL is probably in the toilet at a lot of regionals with such short staffing. We're nowhere close to that although we have our moments when the weather goes down. Granted, we've moved to a very unfriendly schedule setup for commuters but for those who live near base the QOL is very good. So we get the choice between very decent pay or QOL, or a balance between the 2. For me vacation credit isn't about making money as it is getting the time off. 1 week of vacay turns into at least 2, if not close to 3 with good bidding strategy and a bit of luck.