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Old 12-20-2006, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by capt_zman View Post
Sorry dudes, but it's true. I know a couple of guys who are flex instructors who live in MEM who made > 400k last year. They do a ton of extra sim support, all at 150% draft and sometimes at 200%. Sometimes these guys do 2 or even 3 sim sessions per day, mostly at the 150% rate.
Both of the guys I know instruct in the 727, but are passover paid for widebody capt.
They work on avg 26-28 days per month. But remember, they live in MEM, so they are home pretty much every day, other than offsite training. And being that they are instructors, they only fly the 1 trip (usually an out-and-back) per month.
Thanks for the support Zman. I have a number of friends in the training department and they all made 400K+. And by the way, none of it came from international override or per diem. It all came at 150 or 200%. Widebody captains pay adds up quickly at 200%. That said, they really have no lives. These guys just can't say "No!" to the training gods. I can understand why it's hard to say NO to a day of two or three sim support periods, which would transcribe to maybe $5,000 for the day. But to do it day in and day out, seems crazy to me. But that's just me. I believe in an honest days pay for an honest days work, not an obscene days pay for a few simulator support periods.
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Old 12-21-2006, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Jetjok View Post
Thanks for the support Zman. I have a number of friends in the training department and they all made 400K+. And by the way, none of it came from international override or per diem. It all came at 150 or 200%. Widebody captains pay adds up quickly at 200%. That said, they really have no lives. These guys just can't say "No!" to the training gods. I can understand why it's hard to say NO to a day of two or three sim support periods, which would transcribe to maybe $5,000 for the day. But to do it day in and day out, seems crazy to me. But that's just me. I believe in an honest days pay for an honest days work, not an obscene days pay for a few simulator support periods.
I think the days of doing 2 periods a day are rapidly approaching over. And I never heard of 3 a day.
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Old 12-21-2006, 07:16 PM
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I think the days of doing 2 periods a day are rapidly approaching over. And I never heard of 3 a day.
Hopefully you're right. At least about the 2 per days. As far as the 3 per days is concerned, quess you haven't heard of everything, because I know for a fact that's it true.
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Old 12-21-2006, 07:36 PM
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Hey I never heard of my ex girlfreind riding on the back of an F-22 either but you proved me wrong there, too.
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