Originally Posted by
Space Monkey
Well ok let me validate my statement then... On this website under airlines/cargo/focusair.... Then let's look at top 747 CA pay (year five) $127/ hr using the calculator below it I come up with $127/hr x 60 hr gaurantee / mo X 12 mo / yr = $91,440/yr base now basic assumption lets say you are away for 21 days per month... 21 x $48 per deim /day x 12 mo /year =$12096/yr perdeim so total = $103536 max 747 CA pay per year.... Same process using 1 year CA pay = $70,560/yr + per deim = $82,656. Lets go further.... Year one FO = $42480 /year + per deim = $54576; Year five FO= $61,200/year + perdeim = $73,296
There is No way a top 74 CA at any company should only make $103K a year with a 5 year max out nor should any 747 FO only make $54K a year....and max at five years making $73K a year... Hell many senior RJ CA's make what a top 747 CA makes at focus... FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Well I agree with you some, but compair it to all the other 747 operators and it is way more than they make. Let's face it the pay scales we had before 9-11 are gone. I don't like it but that's how it is these days. I still make more than a 5th year regional guy and I am flying a 747. I am gone 19 days a month. I stay in really nice hotels. Fly business class to and from work. I have a 401K and pretty descent medical compaired to others and upgrade is not all that far off. Our pay scales only go out to 5 years because the company is only a year old. I'll bet you by the time the 5th year comes around there won't be any RJ captains making more than I will unless they fly their butt off. Sure you'll get guys who'll ***** about it here as you will anyplace. But there are places so much worse to be than here. So if you don't like it and want to make a stand about the pay then good for you. Or maybe you have another agenda to make you bad mouth us?