Dues return or new DC Building?
01-25-2026 | 06:59 AM
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I am curious what the regional captain’s are making? I honestly don’t have a realistic idea. I look at Envoy and see ~$175/hr. For a year 5 pic Using the classic rule of x1000 credit, they are pulling in $175k. But maybe that’s not accurate in modern times? As a comparison, a NetJets PIC in year 5 on 7/7 schedule is minimum $250k, but could push $300k no problem with extra days or living in a busy base and not having to airline day 1/7. I’ll openly admit that a legacy would have better work rules and compensation. Obviously not everyone here wants to work at a legacy though, as the attrition that isn’t age out, isn’t astronomical.
01-25-2026 | 07:20 AM
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I am not aware of the 4 Legacy Carriers hiring, at least to the extent that NetJets did, the amount of flight school graduates right into a jet. In fact in the Global, we have had multiple pilots make their first landing in a jet in the Global. This is because they got hired into the Phenom and sat at home for so long waiting IOE and never touched the airplane and took the Global bid. This was as late as December 2024. Most of the Legacy carriers still required 1000 turbine time from what I was told and a lot will punch out when the Legacy carriers start hiring again. Also, a lot of the new hire pilots don't want to commute and the brutal schedule that comes with the Legacy carriers in the beginning, or so they say. Granted, I do believe long term a Legacy carrier far out shines NetJets, but I live in an airline base. A lot of the new hires just dread commuting even though I believe that has more to do with the horror stories they here from their colleagues who are at a Regional.
Nobody said one was better than the other, but your statement of making 6 figures before 30 is wrong on every level. I have flown with 4 or so, former NJA FOs and one CA who upgraded but left very quickly, then left. The ones who left regionals to go to NJA, all took paycuts, hated it, and immediately left for a major. The 2 who went from instructor gigs right to NJA, said they probably would have stayed if the money was better over the career, but had generally favorable things to say about NJA. There is something for everybody in aviation.
01-25-2026 | 08:11 AM
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I am curious what the regional captain’s are making? I honestly don’t have a realistic idea. I look at Envoy and see ~$175/hr. For a year 5 pic Using the classic rule of x1000 credit, they are pulling in $175k. But maybe that’s not accurate in modern times? As a comparison, a NetJets PIC in year 5 on 7/7 schedule is minimum $250k, but could push $300k no problem with extra days or living in a busy base and not having to airline day 1/7. I’ll openly admit that a legacy would have better work rules and compensation. Obviously not everyone here wants to work at a legacy though, as the attrition that isn’t age out, isn’t astronomical.
And the answer is, just about anywhere.
01-25-2026 | 05:39 PM
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01-26-2026 | 05:52 AM
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I only have APC to go off. A 14 year Captain small cabin on 7/7 at Netjets makes quite a bit more then a 20 year Captain at Endeavor and others just in base salary alone. Our FDP adds another $20,000-$60,000 on top of base salary depending on how much you fly. I am not even taking into account the 401K comparison for which our match is now 67%. . What am I missing?
I will add that, 14 year small cabin CA pay at NJA, even if you add FDP, is about what a year 3-5 NB FO makes at literally any mainline carrier, and that doesn't include the DC 401k they get.
01-29-2026 | 04:14 PM
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02-06-2026 | 01:35 PM
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Judging by a number of posts on the MB, he's done an OUTSTANDING job of teaching snark, condescension, and revisionist history in the Taj Mahal. There's one particularly adept student reaching for Shrub level status.
02-07-2026 | 02:02 AM
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That's what I've been told. And stop calling me Shirley....
Judging by a number of posts on the MB, he's done an OUTSTANDING job of teaching snark, condescension, and revisionist history in the Taj Mahal. There's one particularly adept student reaching for Shrub level status.
Judging by a number of posts on the MB, he's done an OUTSTANDING job of teaching snark, condescension, and revisionist history in the Taj Mahal. There's one particularly adept student reaching for Shrub level status.
He was an unhinged, loathing, narcissistic, toxic liability. Unfortunately, often the behavior of NJASAP mimicks this personality type.
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