First / Second year pay...
12-05-2019, 08:09 AM
#104
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Originally Posted by chrisreedrules
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
#105
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Originally Posted by seafeye
American Airlines has the same low quality of life regionals have
12-05-2019, 09:37 AM
#106
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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
#107
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Originally Posted by seafeye
American Airlines has the same low quality of life regionals have but with double the pay.
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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Originally Posted by Herc130AV8R
Really? How so? I'm genuinely curious as I make the transition from mil life. I don't know what regional life is like either but all I read is that AA would be better than that.
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12-05-2019, 12:35 PM
#109
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Originally Posted by PRS Guitars
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.
Feel free to PM me for a chat.
12-05-2019, 03:18 PM
#110
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Originally Posted by Al Czervik
I’m interested because what you do doesn’t jive with my investment strategy. I’m not sure if that means you move investments to bonds (lock-in capital gain taxes) or bury it in a coffee can. Honestly interested but NBD.
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