Originally Posted by
Red Baron
Phantom,
Pace, which owns Hooters Air, furloughed the majority of the pilots when they shut down Hooters Air. The pay at Hooters was half of what you quoted above. Granted, the Dallas operation is different, it's still the same company. 120,000/year was 757 FO pay at most majors before the attack on our profession began.
Red
I like the picture of your dog but I don't have one in this fight.
If you check
any source, you'll find that Mr. Robert Brooks, the President and majority owner of Hooters Restaurants, owned Pace Airlines through an LLC with two investment partners. Pace was never actually owned by Hooters Restaurants and as you incorrectly stated, Pace never "owned" Hooters Air. As a point of fact, Mr. Brooks and the investment partners shut down Hooters Air. It was "managed" by the restaurant folks and one doesn't have to have an MBA from Wharton to know why. Very poor management.
If you read my post a second time, I said that the pay for the pilots flying the Mavericks operation (Dallas Love based) have a starting pay of $ 75,000 for an F/O and about $ 120,000 for a captain. Those rates go up annually.
I have no idea what "Hooters Air" paid because it was Pace Airlines that operated the aircraft and wrote the checks based on what Mr. Brooks and his management team dictated.
As for the statement that $ 120,000 was F/O pay at most majors, perhaps a tad high but guess what. Those days are l-o-n-g gone and will
never be seen again. This industry has changed
forever and $120-140,000 a year for a Captain "ain't bad" in today's economy. Yes, I made twice what you quoted and then some in the 1990's as a narrow body Captain. Good memories but "them days are gone".
Just my opinion.
G'Day Mates
