First / Second year pay...
12-05-2019 | 08:09 AM
#104
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Can someone explain the breakdown of pay year 1 throughout training and then on reserve?
How much did you make on a month-to-month basis and how much did you gross year 1? Year 2? Is it possible to credit 100 hours /month year 1 and 2 with the soft pay at American?
How much did you make on a month-to-month basis and how much did you gross year 1? Year 2? Is it possible to credit 100 hours /month year 1 and 2 with the soft pay at American?
the sooner you leave the regional you’ll be better off. American Airlines has the same low quality of life regionals have but with double the pay.
My .02 is to budget your expenses on 74 hours.
You’ll be 1000 times happier. Your family will be too.
You need seniority to reap the benefits of soft time.
This job isn’t healthy. The less time you spend here the longer you’ll live.
12-05-2019 | 09:19 AM
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12-05-2019 | 09:37 AM
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It IS better. Better pay, more time off, and better hotels. Some of us flows have a tendency to say it’s the same because there is a similar management philosophy and if you are commuting, it REALLY feels like the same job for more money
12-05-2019 | 11:27 AM
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I guess I should have gone to the regionals instead of the AF, since the QoL is supposedly on par with what I have now.
12-05-2019 | 12:18 PM
#108
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12-05-2019 | 12:35 PM
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Your QOL will be vastly superior to AD USAF. The job is easier, pays more, you get paid based on how hard you work,or don’t work, far less stressful at work, very laid back. I’m happier driving to the airport to commute to a four day than any Monday drive to work in my AD career. The first year kinda sucks and you need to prepare your wife for the transition to airline life. It is an adjustment, embrace it, and you’ll do fine...or feel sorry for yourself, and you’re not going to be happy.
Feel free to PM me for a chat.
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12-05-2019 | 03:18 PM
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From: CRJ FO
Personally I’m pretty much pulled out of the market at the moment. But I have been for some time. I’ve missed some of the highs of the recent years but I’ve also done better in real estate than I would have in the market so I can’t complain. As of now my short term plan is to hoard cash in preparation for the next downturn and buy more real estate at cheap / non-inflated prices.
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