Originally Posted by
upsiddwn
Do they type everybody as new hires in the aircraft you are assigned? Are all the different aircraft assigned to all the available domiciles? How do they decide on the initial aircraft assignment? Do you swap seats if it is your leg, or are "F/O's" always in the right seat?
Everybody gets PIC type rating. Aircraft are assigned based on the company needs. Any aircraft/any domicile. Domicile really only means the airport they fly you out of to get to the aiplane they need you on. Don't swap seats normally.
Originally Posted by
upsiddwn
When you say upgrades are based on performance, how does this work? Does previous experience and Total hours, PIC hours, etc. help the upgrade time?
Don't know if the total hours helps much or not. Everybody seems to upgrade CLOSE to the same time as long as you have a good record and good attitude.
Originally Posted by
upsiddwn
What can you expect for first year F/O pay? What I see is 40K + perdiem based on 23 weeks at 2.30 an hour = $8,887 or $48,887 total. Is this pretty accurate?
Sounds about right. You can do overtime to earn more. About 325/day for overtime first year.