The honest answer is probably that it varies widely between fleets, seasons, and staffing levels. Need to be able to make the bills work on min guarantee, but I hear there's been robust opportunities to pick up time and/or make soft pay on the 777 and 747. It does seem like a lot of that was "Covid Premium" - often referred to as "Article 33 flying" for the section of our CBA that covers it. My understanding is that's still going on in China, but that's about it - as opposed to a couple years ago when basically everywhere international paid it. It seems roughly related to whether or not you're locked in your hotel room. The 737, for instance, never had any article 33 flying that I'm aware of.

I wouldn't count on more than 68-75/hrs a month on the 737 or 767, though, and you'll have some 64 hr months. There's a fair amount of opportunity for open time on the 767 (currently) if you live in CVG or ONT. Maybe you can make that work being single. Can't speak to open time on the other fleets as I don't get the notifications.

 

Covid/Hazard/Art.33 pay still only applies to a handful of destinations. Those glory days are mostly over.
From my own experience you can do anywhere from min garantee 64hrs to 180+ credit hours.
I flew 800+ block in my first year.
You shouldn’t budget on it but 900-1000 credit hours a year is certainly doable.

 

I would say this applies to the 74 and 77, not the 76. My personal opinion is that 2023 will see a drastically slowing economy. This might affect the flying. Atlas is still among the best places to be in that kind of environment.

 

180 credit in a month? Can I ask how one would go about that?

 

Right now if based in ANC, 180-200 hours a month is easy if you pick up aggressively, this will change when China opens up, so perhaps at some point next year. Right now classes and training are so backed up it'll be 8 months from applying to hitting the line, so who knows what the world looks like then.

 

appreciate the info. How about CJO to class date?

 

747 classes are full until ~March. 767 mid-Feb. They do have a waitlist for last minute cancellations. Don't have any info about 737 or 777.

 

Have we lost our participation in the Bose discount program? We used to get 15% off Bose headsets

 

I believe so, it's off the portal and the way you got it doesn't work anymore.

 

CFI's get 100$ off if that helps.