Originally Posted by hdgbug

The average fleet hours have not changed much since my original post. So you could use the same formula I gave earlier to estimate possible FDP and then add it to whatever seat/year pay you want to look at. The numbers on the Airline Pilot Central profile for salary are (I believe) last years, so it is a little higher now and then there will be some increases to the payscale over the next few years. But, you should be able to get a decent idea by using the numbers on there now. I will caution that present performance in FDP is certainly no indicator of future performance. I will go back to my advice that while FDP and other soft money does come with showing up to work, I would caution against making any financial plans based off soft money.