Thread: Is the regional life really that bad for single guys/ladies?
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Old 07-10-2008 | 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by tpersuit
He's right, he could very well make $56K this year. I'm on reserve and I'll probably eclipse $40K easily, $48K if I try. If I get furloughed and go back to my instructing gig I'll make a little more too.
Originally Posted by blastoff
You know how all you other regional guys roll your eyes when XJT guys talk about "work rules" being even more important than pay rates? Work rules (getting paid for far more hours than you actually fly)...that's how.
At $34 an hour (assuming he is on 2nd year FO pay and still on reserve) and on reserve how could you make $48K?


That's roughly 1400 hours of credit. I repeat.. How?
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