Hageland Aviation-Ravn Alaska
04-25-2018, 11:15 PM
#192
On Reserve
Joined APC: Feb 2018
Posts: 18
Originally Posted by Sidewinder99
New CEO at Hageland just slashed the pilots pay! It now takes four years to accumulate the same day rate in a sled that a day one sled pilot would have made yesterday.
04-26-2018, 07:05 AM
#194
Line Holder
Joined APC: Aug 2017
Position: Pa31
Posts: 25
Originally Posted by BushBuster69
Sled PICs go from $304/day (which accounts for the housing bonus pay) to $261/day.
Guarantee goes down to 68.5, so they say it's easier to get overtime pay and make the same amount of money, but sleds don't even hit 60hrs/month with the new restrictive VFR policy, so this lower guarantee is an outright pay cut. If they thought we'd make the same amount of money, why would they change the payscales?
Most of our sled PICs don't qualify for the $15k retention bonus, either. Personally, I'm losing $7,900 per year (~14% of annual compensation).
There's no reason to stick around past 1500 anymore.
Guarantee goes down to 68.5, so they say it's easier to get overtime pay and make the same amount of money, but sleds don't even hit 60hrs/month with the new restrictive VFR policy, so this lower guarantee is an outright pay cut. If they thought we'd make the same amount of money, why would they change the payscales?
Most of our sled PICs don't qualify for the $15k retention bonus, either. Personally, I'm losing $7,900 per year (~14% of annual compensation).
There's no reason to stick around past 1500 anymore.
04-26-2018, 07:15 AM
#195
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2017
Posts: 154
Originally Posted by C340
Thats too bad, I thought Erin did as good a job as CP as anyone could do given the culture up there. I didn't stick around for too long, but I had quite a few interactions with her while I was there and she was always very up front and had our backs as pilots. AS got a good one!
04-26-2018, 07:20 AM
#196
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2017
Posts: 166
Originally Posted by BushBuster69
Sled PICs go from $304/day (which accounts for the housing bonus pay) to $261/day.
Guarantee goes down to 68.5, so they say it's easier to get overtime pay and make the same amount of money, but sleds don't even hit 60hrs/month with the new restrictive VFR policy, so this lower guarantee is an outright pay cut. If they thought we'd make the same amount of money, why would they change the payscales?
Most of our sled PICs don't qualify for the $15k retention bonus, either. Personally, I'm losing $7,900 per year (~14% of annual compensation).
There's no reason to stick around past 1500 anymore.
Guarantee goes down to 68.5, so they say it's easier to get overtime pay and make the same amount of money, but sleds don't even hit 60hrs/month with the new restrictive VFR policy, so this lower guarantee is an outright pay cut. If they thought we'd make the same amount of money, why would they change the payscales?
Most of our sled PICs don't qualify for the $15k retention bonus, either. Personally, I'm losing $7,900 per year (~14% of annual compensation).
There's no reason to stick around past 1500 anymore.
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