Read the fine print at the bottom. FO's are due to get a 10k check on 5-15 and another 10k in October.

 

You can definitely make bank as an fo here. Our fo's have to be making as much as a lot of other regional captains at this point.

 

Crazy how things have changed in a few short years.. my first year in the regionals.. less than 20k..

 

Yup I remember those days

 

The site says, "Join us today and expect to earn a minimum of between $260,000 - $317,000 in the first three years and even more by upgrading to Captain!" When you click on the breakdown though they also include medical and dental and life, per diem and the 401k in total compensation. If you take those out that decreases the 3 year compensation by about $45k or so.

But they show base pay for the 3 years as $35k, $56k and $74k.

 

Fine print for those numbers also says "upgrade at 18 months"

 

Yep, made the jump from Mesa with 750 EJet hours. I'll make in the first year what a 14 year CA makes at Mesa. Yes, I am counting insurance as I'm paying $670/month presently out of pocket. I'm not including per diem, dental, eye, KCM, etc. Those I looked at as a wash. Just pay, bonuses, and medical insurance. I used 82 hours a month flight time in my calculations. My personal net gain over my Mesa income, weighing Mesa second year pay for AW's first year pay is $62,864 over the next 12 months.
$5k with fist paycheck + $26k end of IOE + $8k (ATP bonus) at the end of IOE, $10k at the 1 yr mark.
Cannot beat the new bonuses Air W is offering for first year FO's.
And those of you in your second and third years are getting retention bonuses. Easy move to make once the numbers are in front of you.

Going to miss the 175, but the pay, reputation, outlook makes AW a no-brainer career move for me. My guess is there will be an increase in class sizes coming shortly. Heck, my Mesa indoc class of March 3, 2016 had 38 (less than half left). If Mesa can do that with just the prospect of "fast upgrade" time, AW can do it with the prospects of growth and the pay.
Starting indoc tomorrow. Looking forward to being part of AW.

Judge

 

It's nice to actually see some positivity here, welcome aboard!

 

Welcome aboard!

And Appleton is a neat city with a lot of fantastic food. Enjoy it!

 

Thanks for the welcome!
NE Wisconsin has been home for 30 years. I live 20 min to the east.
It will be nice to be close to home for the next month.