Dual employment
04-04-2022 | 06:48 AM
#21
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Going contract rate for about any corporate jet with ocean crossing legs starts @ $1500 a day plus expenses. Expense first class seat, 4-star hotel and all meals to owners. The Global guys and gals are cleaning it out. I for one would rather fly to Hawaii, have a three day layover, Pocket $10k for me and expense the fuel and hotels, keep the points. It is way more sane than any airline on domestic with short layovers, long duty periods and the ACARS printer rolling half the flight with reroutes.
04-04-2022 | 11:56 AM
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04-05-2022 | 04:32 AM
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04-05-2022 | 04:44 AM
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Can one even make more outside of employment here…one for one? On three year pay, a days work plus 401 is almost a grand, double that for a GS. I don’t do anything outside of Delta for this reason. I thought about jumping back into things like CFIing and etc. but turning down $2k for $40 just doesn’t make sense.
To some it’s not about money, it’s more like a hobby and mental health mitigation strategy.
Some pilots just like aviation. Or keep developing in other areas. Others wish they could but are too busy with family etc.
Just flew with a kid who is a part owner of a glider school. He flies gliders a lot for fun, tows every once in a while and flies for mama D max 70/month.
Very happy person.
oh, also he feels wearing a hat is not such a big deal!
04-05-2022 | 12:46 PM
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Then dont CFI then! Who is forcing you?
To some it’s not about money, it’s more like a hobby and mental health mitigation strategy.
Some pilots just like aviation. Or keep developing in other areas. Others wish they could but are too busy with family etc.
Just flew with a kid who is a part owner of a glider school. He flies gliders a lot for fun, tows every once in a while and flies for mama D max 70/month.
Very happy person.
oh, also he feels wearing a hat is not such a big deal!
To some it’s not about money, it’s more like a hobby and mental health mitigation strategy.
Some pilots just like aviation. Or keep developing in other areas. Others wish they could but are too busy with family etc.
Just flew with a kid who is a part owner of a glider school. He flies gliders a lot for fun, tows every once in a while and flies for mama D max 70/month.
Very happy person.
oh, also he feels wearing a hat is not such a big deal!
He wears his Delta hat in the glider? Weirdo!
04-06-2022 | 03:42 AM
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04-06-2022 | 05:09 AM
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Another option is having eggs in a non-aviation basket. Many of the things that interrupt a Delta career would interrupt aviation in general.
04-06-2022 | 05:54 AM
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And if it’s moving people between places, it probably would in some way.
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