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unit monster 09-30-2011 08:40 PM
edit, oops.

G5inmind 09-30-2011 08:41 PM
Hey now let's not bring Romo into this:cool:

JetFueler 09-30-2011 08:52 PM
What? No posts from Keith Stone?
He's too smooth to post on this forum...

Jamers 09-30-2011 09:10 PM
Originally Posted by G5inmind (Post 1062848)
Hey now let's not bring Romo into this:cool:
Romo is the best. He's my baby daddy. And I'm a dude.

LivinTheDream28 09-30-2011 10:01 PM
Originally Posted by HotMamaPilot (Post 1062786)
120k!? What regional pays THAT with those days off!!? Sorry, calling BS on this one. I wanna see a W-2......
When are people going to understand that your hourly rate has much less to do with how much you make than you think. Your contract and work rules are the driving force. You can have a guy that makes $90/hour with great work rules that makes more than a guy making $100/hour with horrible work rules. Negotiations would go in pilots favor much more if they weren't so obsessed with the hourly rate. I just flew with a senior guy who makes $92/hour that made around $115k last year.....not because he makes over $100/hour but because we have pretty good work rules allowing him to be more productive by working less. Pay you can get back, work rules not so much.

Theoden 10-01-2011 12:31 AM
Been a regional FO for about 4 years, on and off reserve. It's the best job I've ever had, but I mostly enjoyed the work I had before as well. I hope you find something that makes you happy. Enjoying what you have isn't about settling for less. You should pursue something greater but also live in the present and try to be happy wherever you are.

I work with a few people who try to be unhappy. They look for things to go wrong and they make mountains of of mole hills, if scheduling calls and makes a change they're ****ed. Get ****ed if they ask you to do something unsafe of illegal, otherwise it's not that big a deal.

I hope it was a micro beer. Better to get fired for one of those than a Bud.

HotMamaPilot 10-01-2011 02:38 AM
Originally Posted by LivinTheDream28 (Post 1062867)
When are people going to understand that your hourly rate has much less to do with how much you make than you think. Your contract and work rules are the driving force. You can have a guy that makes $90/hour with great work rules that makes more than a guy making $100/hour with horrible work rules. Negotiations would go in pilots favor much more if they weren't so obsessed with the hourly rate. I just flew with a senior guy who makes $92/hour that made around $115k last year.....not because he makes over $100/hour but because we have pretty good work rules allowing him to be more productive by working less. Pay you can get back, work rules not so much.
I would bet dollars to donuts that he is including per diem in his figures (which is misleading). Plus, I don't care how "good" the work rules are, it's still a REGIONAL(see pay rates)!
But, I could see a sim instructor living at the school house making 100 k, but not a line pilot.

CANAM 10-01-2011 03:41 AM
Originally Posted by Theoden (Post 1062878)
Been a regional FO for about 4 years, on and off reserve. It's the best job I've ever had, but I mostly enjoyed the work I had before as well. I hope you find something that makes you happy. Enjoying what you have isn't about settling for less. You should pursue something greater but also live in the present and try to be happy wherever you are.

I work with a few people who try to be unhappy. They look for things to go wrong and they make mountains of of mole hills, if scheduling calls and makes a change they're ****ed. Get ****ed if they ask you to do something unsafe of illegal, otherwise it's not that big a deal.

I hope it was a micro beer. Better to get fired for one of those than a Bud.
While I appreciate your optimism, I would be willing to bet that you aren't married, have children or a mortgage.

Luv2Rotate 10-01-2011 06:13 AM
Originally Posted by Killer51883 (Post 1062688)
then shut the hell up because you havent got a clue what its like to make crap money, be abused by scheduling, never see your family or friends, and watch the dream you struggled for crash and burn in your face.
Well, no one forced you to go to Republic...

Luv2Rotate 10-01-2011 06:17 AM
Originally Posted by HotMamaPilot (Post 1062786)
120k!? What regional pays THAT with those days off!!? Sorry, calling BS on this one. I wanna see a W-2......
Believe it or not... Senior Capts here at 9L will be making that once the contract matures in 3yrs.


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