Math time: new contract rate is $108/hr. This month’s reserve guarantee is 79 hours on my fleet. That’s $8532. Min guarantee at 72 hours is $7776. Pre-tax numbers.

My last month take home as an O-5 was $12,300, a hefty chunk of which is untaxed. So yeah, 4K pay cut checks. Sorry, $3800. Plus my last pay period is currently being held up by finance for some as yet undermined reason and who knows when pension will kick in. So the first few months require creative solutions on the money front.