Originally Posted by
TheBills
Furloughed XJT sir and pretty much took no pay cut in the transition. I will fly somewhere around 65 hours this month, and work 16 days (home every night). Per flight hour based on this month 2500/65 = $38.46 per hour you could say, but it will change month to month, its salary so it doesn't matter. So ill say this again, take a peak at a GLakes CA year 1 at $27 an hour and then compare. Also do it for a Mesa airlines second year FO on a jet, who is really lowering the bar?
Ok, so you're making around 30 grand a year flying single-engine, VMC, and at 10,000 feet? Yee haw. I'm not trying to start a flame war, but our 1st year Captains actually average around 34 grand a year and that's just the 75 hr guarantee + per diem. The ABQ Captains probably average 43 grand a year. Yeah the pay still sucks but I wouldn't exactly consider that "lowering the bar." Especially flying a 19 seat turboprop.
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