Originally Posted by AU MD FLYER

Well, here is the article posted on FlightGlobal regarding the *NEW* Omni Air Int'l pay rates. AU...



Omni Air to set new high for first officer pay: union



07 March, 2018 SOURCE: Flight Dashboard BY: Jon Hemmerdinger Boston

The US charter carrier Omni Air International may have set a new high-water mark for pilot pay, agreeing to a contract that will make its first-year first officers the highest-paid in the US industry, according to its pilots' union.

That union, the Airline Professionals Association, Teamsters Local 1224 (APA), says the deal, if ratified, could have broad implications in the US airline industry, serving as a precursor to broader wage growth.

"It sets a precedence," says Greg Unterseher, director of representation at APA, an affiliate of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. "[Omni] is a very small carrier.

The more-capitalised carriers could easily raise well above this level."

"I think it is illustrative of where we are going," he adds.

Under the new agreement, Omni, which operates three Boeing 777s and nine Boeing 767s, will pay first-year first officers $113.02 per hour, up 61% from the currently rate of roughly $70 per hour, the APA says.

Omni first officers with 12 years of service could earn $201.17 per hour under the new rates.

"The agreement includes major increases in pay that make Omni’s starting first officer salaries the highest in the US airline industry," the union says. "Many Omni pilots operating under the agreement will see their pay more than double during its four-year term."

The deal calls for "first-year" captains to earn $169.23 per hour, a 54% bump from the current rate of $109.81 per hour. Captains with ten years of service could earn $297.72 per hour, the union says.

"I've never seen that in my career," Unterseher says of the gains. "The old captain [pay] scale became the first officer scale."

The deal also provides better benefits, including first-class travel for pilots deadheading on flights longer than three hours, says the union.

Tulsa-based Omni did not respond to a request for comment. The union says the airline agreed to the tentative deal on 28 February after more than two-and-a-half years of negotiations.

Omni's roughly 250 pilots will vote on whether to ratify the deal in late March, adds the APA.

Unterseher says the agreement was hard fought for by the union, adding that it partly reflects a tight pilot labour market.

Pilots are "a scare resource right now", he says. "To attract pilots, you are going to have to pay where the market is. There is no way around it."

Most US passenger airlines, including majors like American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines, signed new pilot contracts in recent years. Those deals, which included broad wage increases, become amendable starting in 2019.

But negotiations are currently underway at other airlines.

Frontier Airlines' pilots will picket outside Frontier's Denver headquarters on 7 March to protest their lack of a new contract, according to the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA). Frontier and the union have been negotiating for three years, ALPA says.
Meanwhile, the APA is in negotiations with freight carriers including Atlas Air, Polar Air World Cargo and Southern Air Cargo (all units of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings), and with ABX Air.

The APA also remains in negotiations with pilots at regional carriers Cape Air and Silver Airways.

Originally Posted by PW4060

The monthly guarantee currently stands at 60 hours and I understand most don't break guarantee; is that going up too?

Originally Posted by aviatorhi

64 and days 17 and 18 are paid at a premium if not at home.

Originally Posted by Beans

Almost all other airlines do almost 80 hours of credit for 14-15 days of work.

Originally Posted by aviatorhi

64 and days 17 and 18 are paid at a premium if not at home.

Originally Posted by Formerbuspilot

....Such as??

Originally Posted by Paperboi

Such as all regionals and legacy 121 carriers.

Originally Posted by Beans

So you have to work 18 days to get 75 credit hours? Are you serious? Almost all other airlines do almost 80 hours of credit for 14-15 days of work. So when you see those numbers take into factor that its normal to only get 64 hours of credit.

Originally Posted by Paperboi

Such as all regionals and legacy 121 carriers.

Originally Posted by PW4060

Based on guarantee and hourly rate only, this is actually better than Kalitta which some see as the new standard in Charter/ACMI. Hmmm.

Originally Posted by HercDriver130

Just for clarification.. at Kalitta IF you were not home by day 16... and it was day 17...thats a 6 hour penalty to the company.. same for each successive day.. and if you flew on those days it would be at 150%.. but lets just say you were traveling home on those days.. it would be 6 extra day 17 and 6 more day 18... PLUS the dh pay for your commute home.