Originally Posted by
FlyJSH
okay, lets compare ....
Delta first year pay $54 per hour x 65 hours = $3510 (according to APC). Times 12 months is $42120. Divided by 52 weeks per year is $810 per week. Divided by 40 that is a bit over $20 per hour to fly an average of more than double the pax/miles. $20 buck an hour isnt bad, but really, for what it takes to get hired by Delta, is it that great?
I will agree with Cycle Pilot, in one respect: darn near any other industry will pay you a comparable salary (if not more) and you can be home every night.
No disrespect to Delta. Colgan is far from the Holy Grail, but given the choice of sitting reserve for Delta (and being subject to future furloughs) or being senior CA at Colgan and holding a decent line, I'll take being the big fish in the small pond.
..... But then I dont own a red tie, so I would not get hired anyway.
Readers should note that as a person in his 40s, the odds of me making CA at Delta are near zero.
You're really trying to compare Colgan to Delta? I'm surprising myself for even responding to your post, but here goes. I just hit third year pay at Delta and I'm making $97 an hour with about 14-15 days at home and 13% going into my retirement plan without me adding a dime. My second year pay was more than I'd ever make at Colgan. Our guarantee is actually 70 hours per month. Colgan doesn't put anything into your retirement. Who care if you don't make Captain? Even as a senior F.O., your QOL would be far better than being a Q400 Captain at Colgan. Plus, the point I was trying to make is that if you're furloughed and have a seniority number at another airline, what's the point of going to Colgan when you can pay the bills with another job and be at home? That's the point I was trying to make.
Oh, by the way, I don't own a red tie either.