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Old 01-18-2009, 03:51 PM
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when and if Cal begins hiring, what are they pay expectations of a first year guy? usually its about the per hour * 1000, so i'm guessing around $31,000? hypothetically, just seeing how much the wife and i will need to save now to swing the cut in pay if i got hired. i live in the cleveland area and am tired of commuting, just the possabilty of getting cle based is enough hope for me. thanks.
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Old 01-18-2009, 04:20 PM
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Start saving now...it really sucks and was a pretty big adjustment for us. I think as of sept. before my furlough, my ytd pay was less than 20k, and I flew my tail off in the summer. Good luck and start saving now...I wish I had saved more.
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Old 01-18-2009, 04:38 PM
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Don't forget about the no health care first 6 months either.
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Old 01-18-2009, 04:41 PM
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Everybody cries about SWA requiring a type.

CAL (and everybody else) does the same thing, just a different approach to it.
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Old 01-18-2009, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Pilotpip View Post
Everybody cries about SWA requiring a type.

CAL (and everybody else) does the same thing, just a different approach to it.
That is a pretty expensive type.
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Old 01-18-2009, 06:22 PM
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health care is not a factor for me due to the wife's job, although it is b.s. that there is a 6 month wait to get it through Cal.
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Originally Posted by ground stop View Post
when and if Cal begins hiring, what are they pay expectations of a first year guy? usually its about the per hour * 1000, so i'm guessing around $31,000? hypothetically, just seeing how much the wife and i will need to save now to swing the cut in pay if i got hired. i live in the cleveland area and am tired of commuting, just the possabilty of getting cle based is enough hope for me. thanks.
LOL...if you mean the fact that CAL has a CLE base gives you the "possibility of one day sometime in the future that you might hold a slot that may open up" then by all means, sure.
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Old 01-19-2009, 04:00 AM
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Cobra bennies can be expensive. I would say the first 6 months would be the hardest. I think with a family of 4 I was paying 820 a month for Cobra bennies. We did our best to limit the cost. Unfortunately our son had a surgical need that would not have been covered if we went to an online deal like E-surance, (previously existing condition) so we had to buck up and pay the cobra.
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Old 01-19-2009, 06:13 AM
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Good luck, I'm a furloughed guy and I'd love to see some hiring!

The pay sucked and I can't emphasize that enough. You'll work 18 days a month, commuting to EWR to sit reserve on the 737 (not very commutable so it'll add a few days per month away from home). After taxes I cleared a little less than $2000 per month. Don't forget to add in your crash pad and commuting expenses.

CLE seemed to be a very small, very senior base, so I'd plan on it taking a while to get there.
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Old 01-19-2009, 06:47 AM
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Of course its all relative to your timing.

We had a bid occur while our class was in new hire training and a few pilots who wanted CLE got it and went right after training.

Those pilots who bid EWR never sat a day of reserve out of training, IAH pilots sat either 3 or 4 months before holding a line.

The pay sucks no matter how you cut it.
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