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I did my first year at skyw!!!!!!!! 16k and reserve the whole time. That after paying 6k to get the damn job.
2 1/2 months no pay (2000$ pay loss from previos job) x 2.5 = 5000$) and 1000$ for my uniform makes 6k. So 16k-6000 dollars = 10k for my first year. I know a lot of guys who were on food stamps their first year, most with familys.
Thank GOD SKW has changed. Not that it's much better but they now pay you 60 hours a month during initial training as well as pay for most of your uniform.
Regional airlines not paying pilots during training is more of a travesty than first your FO pay.
My first full year (12 calendar months from the first day of ground school) at SKW I made $24,300. This included not getting paid for ground school. I’m on pace to make $38K+ my second year and I fly the mighty Bro. Most second year jet FO's are topping $42K. Also, I’ll be upgrading to CA here soon and that will increase my 2 year earnings to above $45K with 3rd year near $60K. Now this is a far cry from the $80K I was making at my previous job but I won’t go into details on why I am MUCH happier.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/applican...s_Ben_Elig.htm
If you read the link you'll see that an individual making 16K a year doesn't qualify for stamps, as sad as that is, but if you have a family then you fall well within the qualifications. That's mainly dependent on you not having much of a second income from your spouse.