crewdawg

They offering positive space and paid hotels yet?

Gone Flying

we all get positive space, don’t we? Maybe we can make this more permanent for all of us

but pos space and hotels for SLIs and LCAs would def be a good start. AA does this fwiw.

crewdawg

Is that permanent?

Only way many (non-ATL folks) would even consider such a gig.

Gone Flying

We should make it so


agreed. Although the state taxes might also turn people away.

DrunkIrishman

Airbus training sure does a lot of MIA with positive space, hotel and a car. If you commute, that’s certainly doable.

sailingfun

It also avoids Georgia state taxes if you can show you did more than 50% of your work there!

SparkySmith

Just to be clear, I think you’d only have to show that you did NOT do 50% of your work in GA. Sure, FL helps because zero state income tax means that nobody cares if you do 50% in FL, but if I understand it correctly (and I’m only a sea lawyer), the bar to get out of GA state taxes for commuters is <50% of your work in GA.


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Gunfighter

Can you provide a source? Do the flying months count toward the threshold? I'd be curious if there really is a way to eliminate the GA state tax liability.

My limited research indicates that the threshold is 5% or $5,000.
Georgia State Taxes for Nonresidents - Gartzman Tax Law Firm, P.C. | The Gartzman Law Firm, P.C.
Filing Residents, Nonresidents, and Part-Year Residents - FAQ | Georgia Department of Revenue

SparkySmith

49 USC 40116(f)
(f)Pay of Air Carrier Employees.—
(1)In this subsection—
(A)“pay” means money received by an employee for services.
(B)“State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and a territory or possession of the United States.
(C)an employee is deemed to have earned 50 percent of the employee’s pay in a State or political subdivision of a State in which the scheduled flight time of the employee in the State or subdivision is more than 50 percent of the total scheduled flight time of the employee when employed during the calendar year.
(2)The pay of an employee of an air carrier having regularly assigned duties on aircraft in at least 2 States is subject to the income tax laws of only the following:
(A)the State or political subdivision of the State that is the residence of the employee.
(B)the State or political subdivision of the State in which the employee earns more than 50 percent of the pay received by the employee from the carrier.

SparkySmith

Federal law helps us out. Pro athletes, for example, have no such rule. MLB players might file 20 state tax returns every year. Good problem to have, though.