Originally Posted by
Flyby1206
2nd yr Jet FOs could do about 32-33k after taxes without working much OT. Bust your butt and you could take home close to 40k. Each year it goes up a bit, but would top out around 38-40k without OT. You wont get rich quick, but if you can live somewhere close to base then the QOL is great.
Thanks. Thats not too bad, if you are single, or have a spouse that works. DFW would be the closest base to me. I live less than an hour flight from DFW, with multiple daily flights; Also a few daily flights to ORD. Not sure I'd want to commute to ORD, but DFW wouldn't be too bad.
Is it realistic to think that a new hire is looking at a 3.5-4 year upgrade, as mentione by someone above?