Army Flight School Pay
10-28-2008, 01:35 PM
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Army Flight School Pay
I'm sending this out here because the individual who asked for it via PM couldn't receive the PM. Crazy electrons really don't want to work for me this week. So, for his bennefit and anyone else who cares to read this...
While in Army flight school you'll be a WO1.
Based on this years pay (should be about a 3.5 percent raise to keep up with inflation next year and make Sergeant Snuff think he's getting big 'ole thanks-for-the-hard-work-raise from Uncle Sam):
Basic Monthly pay: $2497.80
Flight pay $125 / month (after you actually begin flying)
BAS: $202.76 / month (non-taxable for meals since you are expected to feed your self and don't eat for free in the dining facility)
BAH with dependants: $1261 / month off base Housing at Fort Rucker
BAH without dependants: $946 / month off-base housing at Fort Rucker if you are single.
That's $3771.56 / month if you are single or $4086.56 if you have a wife and/or kids.
Your choice to live off or on base but most will meet people in Warrant Officer Candidate School and move in together. If you live off base and only pay 400 for rent because you live in a dump or have a sweet pad with a couple other guys then you get to pocket that extra 546 bucks. Not if you live on base though.
In WOCS I think you are paid as an E-5 which is $1918.80 per month basic pay (no BAS, no BAH, no flight pay). Not sure about basic training, but if you have a college degree you'll probably come in at least as an E-3 so for the first two or three months you would likely make $1587.90 per month. Half of your first paycheck vanishes though because you get debited for your uniforms. Good news is that your only expense is a 6 dollar haircut once a week and the ocasional item in clothing and sales that screams buy me buy buy me.
Don't expect big aviation bonuses in the Army. Only Warrant Officers flying specific aircraft and or specific duties (maintenance test pilots for example) get selected for aviation bonuses each year. The bonuses are pathetic compared to the Air Force and Navy (15K or 25K for three extra years usually; versus 100K+). Captains just got a bonus offered last year (first ever), 35K for three years. After taxes that was about 8K per year ("Terrible, F").
Hope this helps.
While in Army flight school you'll be a WO1.
Based on this years pay (should be about a 3.5 percent raise to keep up with inflation next year and make Sergeant Snuff think he's getting big 'ole thanks-for-the-hard-work-raise from Uncle Sam):
Basic Monthly pay: $2497.80
Flight pay $125 / month (after you actually begin flying)
BAS: $202.76 / month (non-taxable for meals since you are expected to feed your self and don't eat for free in the dining facility)
BAH with dependants: $1261 / month off base Housing at Fort Rucker
BAH without dependants: $946 / month off-base housing at Fort Rucker if you are single.
That's $3771.56 / month if you are single or $4086.56 if you have a wife and/or kids.
Your choice to live off or on base but most will meet people in Warrant Officer Candidate School and move in together. If you live off base and only pay 400 for rent because you live in a dump or have a sweet pad with a couple other guys then you get to pocket that extra 546 bucks. Not if you live on base though.
In WOCS I think you are paid as an E-5 which is $1918.80 per month basic pay (no BAS, no BAH, no flight pay). Not sure about basic training, but if you have a college degree you'll probably come in at least as an E-3 so for the first two or three months you would likely make $1587.90 per month. Half of your first paycheck vanishes though because you get debited for your uniforms. Good news is that your only expense is a 6 dollar haircut once a week and the ocasional item in clothing and sales that screams buy me buy buy me.
Don't expect big aviation bonuses in the Army. Only Warrant Officers flying specific aircraft and or specific duties (maintenance test pilots for example) get selected for aviation bonuses each year. The bonuses are pathetic compared to the Air Force and Navy (15K or 25K for three extra years usually; versus 100K+). Captains just got a bonus offered last year (first ever), 35K for three years. After taxes that was about 8K per year ("Terrible, F").
Hope this helps.
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