GoesTo11

A lot of what you are asking about is here, https://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/..._international

401K:

1 for 1 match up to 5% of salary, capped at 10,000 annually

Eligible to participate 90 days after hire

401K with match is fully vested day 1 of eligible contribution date

401K Matching: Yes

It is also explained during the interview. If you have the opportunity to interview ask HR if they would be willing to send you the info prior.

I personally didn't pay a lot of attention to the healthcare portion because I am covered under my spouse's plan. At a quick glance, I would say I have seen better and seen much worse. It really depends on if you have dependents, spouse, etc.

Cujo665

The legacies definitely have a better retirement. However it’s not a straight apples to apples comparison. Example, AA does a direct 16% contribution. Omni pays $13 more hourly on top step CA pay rates on same equipment. If you put that extra $13 p/hr into the 401k is it more equal now?

Legacies do not positive space you to or from work/home. Legacies don’t give you the air miles. They often require you to Jumpseat to work the day before work, or home the day after work.
Legacies don’t give you hotels in base. You must get a Crashpad, hotel, move, or stay with friends or family. Legacies don’t typically let you keep hotel points either. When you finally upgrade you’ll be back in the Crashpad again.

At Omni, you travel on real tickets, you keep the air miles and the travel is done on workdays as part of your scheduled days. You get a hotel every night once you leave home. In most cases you will keep those award points also.

I have the full boat insurance coverage on everything. Family medical is about $360 a month with fairly standard deductibles and copays. Once you add top line family dental, vision, life insurance for all, disability insurance, legal services coverage and other misc stuff you end up with full boat everything covered for just under $800 a month.

Vacations. At legacies You can do 3-5 days off between trips where the first and last day are always unpacking or packing and unwinding from work or planning your commute back in. Or, you can be at Omni where you’re off two weeks at a time, essentially getting a vacation every month if you wanted to. No stress from commuting, just clear KCM them walk past all the crews trying to Jumpseat while you board the executive platinum, mosaic, or whatever other top tier customer gets.

When you vacation it will be on real tickets from award miles, not standby and you’ll stay in hotels free using your diamond select status points.

That all said. If you’re under 40 and can deal with commuting, the legacies are still the way to go in my opinion. They’re more stable over the long run. The ACMI industry is just finally catching up with where it should be. If you’re in the left seat already at Omni that decision to leave isn’t as easy. For me, no commuting headaches and never needing a Crashpad are huge huge QOL issues. Getting a vacation every month is awesome too.

I’m still pretty new, but I don’t plan on leaving.

GoesTo11

Nice summary!

ViperGuy69

Anyone know if OMNI hires pilots who aren’t current? I retired from the AF six months ago and had to take a sim job due to some health issues with the family. I retired with competitive hours, but my 12 month total is now down to less than 30 hrs.

Trying to back to flying now but can’t afford the regionals’ pay.

Thanks!

JungleJetDriver

Any "rumors" of how many pilots Omni wants to hire in 2019?
I'm hoping I can be one of the newbies.

Cujo665

They like the military guys, being a sim instructor won’t hurt either. I’d definately apply. We had a retired Lt.Col. in my class, former T38 IP and C130 driver. Had been flying small GA stuff since getting out and CFIing just to stay current. If you know anybody there, ask for a referral. It will generate an email to you with a clickable link to apply.

Thank you for your service

nitefr8dog

Right up until you retire.....then the difference is like being run over by a dump truck...

Bungalow

Humm...what if the dump truck runs over you, before you retire ? Oops...

atpcliff

What if you have enough for retirement, and you don't care if you have more...and quality of life is your #1 priority.

I have never met anyone that wanted more money, who is ever happy. I have met a number of people who are happy with their lives...none of them think more money will make them happier.

nitefr8dog

And having a retirement satisfies the "what if you have enough for retirement " issue. Pretty sure most people are not trying to have necessarily more money in retirement...but maintaining the same amount as preretirement will be nice. ( base pay )