Originally Posted by
ninjadriver
Skywest, 8 months of second year pay and 4 months of third year pay.
I was a little off not quite 49k but $48,755.
Yes, very doable pay. I only worked 7 months for SkyWest in 2008, and most of it was on 2nd year FO pay flying the CRJ. I earned about $27,000 for that time.
My first year FO pay at a foreign airline operating the same CRJ aircraft is $66k, plus about $8000 per diem, for about $74k total. Tax free. One month off, paid, every two months. Plus all expenses paid (meals, housing, medicals, airfare back home every month off, van transport).
Captains, of course, make significantly more.