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02-15-2016 | 11:34 AM
#4481
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If you dont qualify for a subsidy for the ACA, then the employee only plan is almost always going to be cheaper. It is being subsidized by Mesa which is why I said when it comes to adding family members, the company has no obligation to meet any criteria for them. Mesa can charge whatever they want for family members but as for the direct employee, Mesa must meet the "minimum value standard".
Does My Employer Group Health Plan Meet Healthcare Reform's Minimum Value Requirements?
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02-15-2016 | 01:09 PM
#4484
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From: CL-65
Time will tell tell tell tell
02-15-2016 | 01:10 PM
#4485
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Thanks guys. So a follow up question would be how is mesa getting so many warm bodies in class when the healthcare is so high? Are most pilots young and single? On the spouse's insurance as was suggested before? On the exchanges? To my knowledge, mesa is the only contract carrier with such high premiums.
There are ZERO obstacles to coming here presented by the company, if you want to come, come.
As for the insurance, its awful, i used to sell life and health, the low premium doesnt cover anything but doc visits and the high end is cost prohibitive. Look elsewhere for insurance.
my last paycheck was $400
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02-15-2016 | 01:38 PM
#4486
Dumb Pilot
Joined: Apr 2013
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From: Broke
The classes are full because there is no interview. Lets be honest interviews suck, you are being judged, scrutinized, tested, and humbled. My class was full of older guys, I was shocked one of them I talked too said he felt stupid being interviewed for a FO position with his credentials. I totally get it.
There are ZERO obstacles to coming here presented by the company, if you want to come, come.
As for the insurance, its awful, i used to sell life and health, the low premium doesnt cover anything but doc visits and the high end is cost prohibitive. Look elsewhere for insurance.
my last paycheck was $400
There are ZERO obstacles to coming here presented by the company, if you want to come, come.
As for the insurance, its awful, i used to sell life and health, the low premium doesnt cover anything but doc visits and the high end is cost prohibitive. Look elsewhere for insurance.
my last paycheck was $400
02-15-2016 | 02:18 PM
#4487
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I don't think a captain at Mesa, even a year 1 or year 2 captain, at 57/59 an hour with a 76 hr guarantee, even with some 50 seat pay thrown in, is making less than an FO elsewhere at a regional. But anyway. How is it possible Virgin doesn't pay you during training, Hawaiian pays you $36 an hour to fly a widebody the first year, etc. Other airlines have some pretty bad deals as well. Other regionals who pay a lot more 1st year are losing pilots to mesa...still. A quick upgrade and making $59 an hour on that pay makes up for the $22 an hour and relying on marketplace healthcare, so long as the music doesn't stop, at least to several who keep filling classes.
02-15-2016 | 03:39 PM
#4489
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I don't think a captain at Mesa, even a year 1 or year 2 captain, at 57/59 an hour with a 76 hr guarantee, even with some 50 seat pay thrown in, is making less than an FO elsewhere at a regional. But anyway. How is it possible Virgin doesn't pay you during training, Hawaiian pays you $36 an hour to fly a widebody the first year, etc. Other airlines have some pretty bad deals as well. Other regionals who pay a lot more 1st year are losing pilots to mesa...still. A quick upgrade and making $59 an hour on that pay makes up for the $22 an hour and relying on marketplace healthcare, so long as the music doesn't stop, at least to several who keep filling classes.
02-15-2016 | 04:03 PM
#4490
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I don't think a captain at Mesa, even a year 1 or year 2 captain, at 57/59 an hour with a 76 hr guarantee, even with some 50 seat pay thrown in, is making less than an FO elsewhere at a regional. But anyway. How is it possible Virgin doesn't pay you during training, Hawaiian pays you $36 an hour to fly a widebody the first year, etc. Other airlines have some pretty bad deals as well. Other regionals who pay a lot more 1st year are losing pilots to mesa...still. A quick upgrade and making $59 an hour on that pay makes up for the $22 an hour and relying on marketplace healthcare, so long as the music doesn't stop, at least to several who keep filling classes.
I flew with a few second year captains at Mesa who made 57-60k including per diem.
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