Southwest
7th year FO - live in base.
$337.6k gross wages (includes $6.3k NEC/B-plan excess and $12.3k Profit Sharing excess)
$8.1k in per diem.
$40,500 B-plan maxed out.
171 days worked (inclusive of a single block of unused reserve)
787 hours of block time

UAL Tray Table Mafia
3 yr FO
12-17 days off
177k gross
35k 401k (16%)
approx 700 hrs of block

AA 2/3 year FO

$287k
$45k 401k
$332 total income
940 block hours, rarely had any cancelations this year which was unusual
Live in base and avg 13 days off

FedEx
767 FO
2nd Yr
$233k Taxable
$22k 401k Company Contributions
$10k Per Diem

Block: 380
Days worked: 147 (including commute time, but mostly deadheads so N/A)
Avg 12 days work/month, 18 off/month
19 Weekend days worked
0 Holidays worked
Commuter

Jeez guys, I must be a slacker.

Southwest
7th year FO - Drive 2 hrs to base
1 premium 2-day trip from open time
3 weeks vacation as in I dropped everything and was gone for almost two months
$222K (not including the balance of last month)
$5.6k in per diem.
$32.5 NEC
630 hours of block time, only flew my line

Alaska
1st year FO 737
$137K gross, includes $16K T/A signing bonus.
Additional $15K DC to 401K
Roughly 625 block hours.
Line holder since off training.
Live in base. Wouldn’t say I hustle, mostly just fly my line.

SWA
6th year FO
248K
6K per diem
37K NEC
10K Profit Sharing

301K Total
Block 700

My heart is full.

JetBlue

4th year 320 FO
$234K
$46.8K premium pay/ Junior assignment
$7.5K per diem
$35.8K 401K
average 14 days off a month
commuter
864 block hrs

I had never picked up premium till about April of this year after we bought a house and **** started to break. I feel dirty inside. VDA slut….

AA WB FO
~10yr
~230k
~60 401k
180 block

SWA 8/9 year FO

W-2 $321,292 (Includes cash excess of 3255)
NEC $40,500
perdiem (are we really counting this?) $7,600
800 block hours
Too lazy to calculate days away from home and all that, but it is generally somewhere around 15 a month, a few more some months, many less in others. Took full advantage of my vacation weeks to either fly or travel. Spent 6 weeks vacationing in California making memories with my family, mainly by working my butt off and then blowing holes in my schedule.

parking cost me $180
uniforms around $300
Paid for my own substandard short and long term disability


As was mentioned above, this year was an outlier. We had a double time MOU that I took full advantage of plus I was able to clear a lot of my straight time flying and replace it with premium flying. This was an exceptional year for that and I don't expect next year will be the same. I was also blessed with good health and an understanding spouse. I do work the system to my advantage, but I also maintain a very healthy work/life balance. My goal is to maximize my pay per day at work and I don't stress block hours or anything like that.

5th year Southwest FO live in base
$220k W2$33k NEC
Average 17 days off/month
Mostly fly my line. Rarely pick up anything extra, maybe a turn every few months. No JAs this year. Took most of last December as FMLA (unpaid) so this reflects 11 months of pay.

I like my time off.

how do you come up with 60k in your 401k? Just wondering

personal and DC

SWA.
F/O.
Commuting line holder.
Worked 9 days a month.
Block 500.
Six figures. Does not include PD, PS, 401.
Never missed a family event.
Hustle to work less.

Southwest - FO
Ten months Year 5 & Two months Year 6
Live in base
Gross Pay: $289,532.46
Per Diem: $8154.58
NEC: $43,429.90
Profit Sharing: $10,540.27
Total Comp: $351,657.21
Imputed Income for SWAG/Other & Non Tax LOL: $7871.68 (this is added to taxable gross)
Paid $720 in Airport Parking, no idea what I spent on uniform items
Paid $4811.25 in STD/LTD :(
Paid $0 for medical insurance for family and I (Regular Plan PPO)
Days Worked: 173
Avg Days Off: 16/month

This info really helped me when I came over to the 121 world and hope it helps someone else. Safe flying!

Once again SWA pay amazes me. The FO’s there make way more than I do as an A320 captain.

Shhhh…it’s negotiating season…and it does not go well right now.

Six figures. $100,000-999,999k? Super useful lol

SWA FO
Yr 3/4 Payscale
$229K W2
$34K NEC
$8.4K Profit Share (2021 paid in 2022)
$6.7K Per Diem
1778 TFP / 148 per month avg
804 Block
AVG 16.67 Days On (Includes Days at work, Unused Reserve, and Sick Days)
AVG 8.89 TFP/Day On
AVG 12.33 Days at Work
AVG 7.25 Hotels per Month
31 Unused Reserve Days
10 Months Reserve / 2 Months Blank Lines
Drive to Work

JetBlue
6th year Airbus FO
Comp- $318,000
401k- $45,000
Per Diem- $3,000
Block- 560 hrs
Average 18 days off per month

I bid with check airmen with almost all my trips getting either bought off for IOE, up-gauged or down-gauged to other equipment or bought by instructors needing consolidation.

Not sure your personal contributions should count, It isn't like we get a match.

Did I miss the 12/31 check being out yet?

I like 99% of what you post so my apologies if I am being a pr*ck

Is the SWA DC to the 401K different?

I see you made: 321K in W-2 wages and 40K in NEC. and then I see this guy right below your post:
5th year Southwest FO live in base
$220k W2$33k NEC
(his NEC is roughly 15% and your is 12%, did you actually make 280K in W-2 wages?)

How is your NEC low compared to other SWA pilots?

I get ya. I made x and x ended up in retirement. Just how I look at it. The 230 contained the 20.5.

16% of 177 is 28k

that’s because we fly our ass off. Just look at the block hours.

I read the number straight off my ytd prap, but yeah. Math, edit

WN
Year 3 / 4 (3 months year 4)

Total Comp - 310K
W2 - 263K (4.7k from 2021 PS)
401K NEC - 39K
Per Diem - 8K
16-17 days worked per month AVG
899 Block hours in 365 from final DEC pay date. I do work a bit more than normal.
Commuted for 6 months to reserve , sat reserve for another 5 months with a 2 hour drive to base.

NK Year 1 FO
Training pay until mid Feb
Holding line since July
474 block

~51k Gross
~7.6 DC

missed probably 5k due to Military leave, 20 hours of premium (200%) flying

this number seems embarrassingly low compared to even some regionals now. That contract needs some work.

Spirit 5 year pay and commuter CA on reserve
$206k w2
$30.5k 401k

$236.6k Total

72 hours min guarantee every month
No x/y list calls (premium)
Too many days in crashpad in a base that’s being shrunk

I decided to leave NK a couple months ago but as a 5/6 year captain stuck on reserve. No drops and never getting a call for premium, I was on pace to make around the same amount of money. 200k to fly 200+ people in the class II out of SJU is horrible.

SWA 7yr FO
$288k
$6500 of that is per diem
$11200 of that is profit sharing
$72600 in taxes paid….thanks for that
$40,500 B fund

Total comp: $328,500

YTD block is around 840….way too high. Planning needs to quit with the high block lines.

Work a little OT a month…prob avg 14-15 off
Live in base

I do like the pay at southwest looking at these numbers, but yes those block times are brutal. Spent too many years getting burnt out in the regionals flying that much to want to make the jump to southwest. Not that widebody long haul is for everyone, but I certainly prefer it. Food for thought for pilots considering various jobs.

I way rounded up the missed pay for the military as well.

It is extremely embarrassing, which is why I posted it, people need to know.

I don't block near what these guys do. I sure as hell didn't make enough as a CA on 12 year pay. Our rates need to come way up. I doubt SWAPA will be raising the bar though. I'll be voting NO I'm sure.
Salary: $353,000
Perdiem: $7,000
Company NEC: $40,500
Health care: free.
Fly my line blocked 673hrs. I couldn't imagine doing over 800hrs. Sounds very fatiguing.
I call in sick when sick...IMSAFE. I fly with too many with allergies then get sick.
AVG 18 days off per month. I rather be off. I never work over vac or pick up vac months.
Paid way to much for STD and LTD. Better get fixed this contract
Paid for uniforms(I havent had the need to buy anything for a year or two.), parking.
Paid way to much to the guberment.

SWA 9yr FO and a few months as CA
$275K
$6200 of that is per diem
$7100 of that is profit sharing
$63000 in taxes
$39143 B fund

Total comp including B fund: $314,000
Lived in base until August. Commuting now. Very very rarely pick up any extra flying. I value my time at home (especially now)

YTD block is around 548, but a month was vacation and another three weeks in school.

Sorry I forgot to put down SWA. It was my profile picture but have a more appropriate one now. I guess my total would be just north of $400,000 if you believe in adding wages, perdiem and NEC together.

he probably contributed the personal max to his 401k, and the DC of 40k plus that equaled the total max, and then subsequent DC money was paid out as normal income