Top earning potential at the regionals.
08-28-2018, 08:52 AM
#41
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FWIW I am a 3 year Captain on the CRJ series but for a 121 charter operator. Not quite a regional but same equipment. We are paid salary which is also night and day, however my salary for year three is $98,000. This exlcudes perdiem.
08-28-2018, 09:39 AM
#43
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Originally Posted by Skyykingg
Yes. I was taking hourly times 1000.
That’s a good start. That’s only 83.33 hours a month though. At many airlines, it’s common for the company to require an average line value in the high 80s, especially during the busy months.
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08-28-2018, 09:41 AM
#44
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Originally Posted by Skyykingg
Yes. I was taking hourly times 1000.
08-30-2018, 02:52 AM
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Originally Posted by dera
What's wrong with having a career at a regional?
08-30-2018, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Lvlng4Spd
Nothing at all...unless you listen to some of the pontiffs on here. If I didn't have the flow this fall, I would probably go try the training dept. route. I could be quite comfortable there for a very long time.
A comfortable career at a regional, that doesn't terminate in downgrade, furlough, or liquidation about when your kids start college, depends on some degree of luck.
Same could be said for some majors, but I'd argue the risk is lower and you can usually see it coming far enough out to react.
It's the nature of the business model, and the reason it exists... to enable them to cut you loose when you get too expensive. Or if you somehow manage to stay cheap, you can probably keep undercutting other regionals forever.
Also, the regional industry is likely to evolve over the next decade, into who knows what. If I was a regional pilot younger than 55, I'd be looking for a way out while the getting's good. You won't have a job if you don't have any FO's.... CFI to United Airlines
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