In the interest of historical accuracy, I believe it was America West who bought the bankrupt USAirways although the better known USAir brand was retained ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_West_Airlines

and then subsequently, it was USAirways that came to the rescue of the then bankrupt American. ... US Airways-American Airlines to merge - Feb. 14, 2013

 

Not a requirement at Atlas. I was overseas prior to starting with Atlas.

 

I know the 5clowns very well, been coming there since 2005, when the holes in the hallway carpet were hallway-wide. If you laid in one bed you rolled left out of bed, you tried the other and you rolled right out of bed. Applebees had the worst food, Bayhouse was best. Now you mention it, I did get a few widebody-pay checks there, that sadly, were lower than what Globalpizzaman got.

4100 a month at 4 year pay is pityfull, do you have a lot of deductions?

 

He must have every possible deduction, top end insurance, and high 401k contributions to lose 40% off the min guaranteed gross of $6882/mo for a year 4 747 FO.

 

Hogcapt YOU'RE THE MAN!

Appreciate it

 

[QUOTE=Talon1011;2203635]In the interest of historical accuracy, I believe it was America West who bought the bankrupt USAirways although the better known USAir brand was retained ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_West_Airlines

America West didn't "buy" USAirways...... They didn't have two dimes to rub together. AW had one foot through the chapter 11 door when the "Merger" occurred. City bank financed the deal and arranged for the LCA stock issuance of the new "combined" company. It was a good deal for City Bank as well as both airlines.... They got to survive.

It's sorta like sayin someone bought a car or a house when they got a loan with "no money down"!

 

10% into 401k is hardly a lot of deductions. It simply maximizes our pitiful 401k plan. Medical is open access plus in network for self + 2 kids. Also nothing top notch about that. I'm fairly certain as a heavy international FO I should be able to contribute to my 401k and have my family insured. Let's not underestimate how much money Uncle Sam takes plus union dues and the extra union assessment which by the way is mandatory. I laid out the facts. Anyone who claims otherwise is young and single, and completely ignoring their retirement just so their W2s can "keep up with the Jones's". Or they are flying a crap load of open time. In which case, they deserve my most "sincere" thanks for helping the company get through these tough staffing times while they amalgamate our contracts.

 

Just wanted to expand on my prior post about the reality of min guarantee at Atlas. A $4100 dollar min guarantee take home figure only comes into play in vacation months, which could be two or three months a year depending on longevity and how you bid your weeks, and your PC month. Any other month you couldn't get a 62 line if you tried. The average is in the 70s (which is pitifully low considering we work 17 days). However, it illustrates my point that if you use your vacation weeks as they were intended, to maximize time off, and conflict your annual PC with your pattern, you take a HUGE financial hit for 3 or 4 months out of the year. This shouldn't be the case for a 4 year wide body FO at any decent company. Therein lies the problem, with each passing day this place looks less and less like a decent company and closer to being THE undisputed unrivaled bottom of the barrel airline.

 

767 lines often credit in the low 60's, so if you are assigned the light-twin, subtract another 16% from those numbers for any given month.

 

I have a life and therefore break 62 hrs about 3 months out of the year. 6th year pay scale, take home $1,800 every two weeks. Fact.