Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
I'm on reserve. I commute so I'm away from home 18 days/month. This keeps me from greenslipping or whiteslipping. I rarely break guarantee due to our wonderful raw score system. 70 hours * $93/hour * 12 months is approximately $78,000 for the year. My wife had a C-section that I had to take unpaid family leave for (3 weeks). My gross pay minus per diem was about $75,000 last year. I have a buddy that started at Southwest about the same time as me. He made just over $120k last year.
That sucks about the unpaid leave with your wife, I hope she is doing well. We're going to start trying for our first probably later this year.
You need to learn how to work the reserve system better.. it's not that hard (I used to commute as well). I only got one greenslip last year... that's it. You cannot whiteslip as a reserve, only yellow. Smart yellow slipping can make the difference between poking at guarantee and blowing right through 80+ hours (just ask ACL).
That's neat about your buddy at WN... sucks for him having to spend a career on the cramped noise machine.
