Mrj 70/90
#61
On Reserve
Thread Starter
Joined APC: Mar 2017
Posts: 12
What I find interesting about this pay argument is that as educated individuals that embark on this career in aviation will have done the research to understand the various pathways to their dream job.
Part of that research is knowing what the payscale is likely to be for the first few years, yet when they arrive at that point, there is this outrage and uproar that the pay isn't good enough for what we do. This hasn't exactly crept up on you, the information is open source.
Short of contracting in China, the US legacy carriers are probably the best paid pilots in the world and if you constantly compare your salary with those, then there will be differences. In the same way someone embarking on a medical career will be paid substantially less than a top plastic surgeon.
If money is your goal, then the regional's are a pathway in my view.
Part of that research is knowing what the payscale is likely to be for the first few years, yet when they arrive at that point, there is this outrage and uproar that the pay isn't good enough for what we do. This hasn't exactly crept up on you, the information is open source.
Short of contracting in China, the US legacy carriers are probably the best paid pilots in the world and if you constantly compare your salary with those, then there will be differences. In the same way someone embarking on a medical career will be paid substantially less than a top plastic surgeon.
If money is your goal, then the regional's are a pathway in my view.
#62
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2018
Posts: 564
I personally know several from piedmont that got ots and were non military outside the flow. Many people mistake them as being flows.
#63
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2017
Position: 175 CA
Posts: 1,285
My source is directly from the retiree AA pilot website. They posted exact stats, you can look for yourself. None of this 'I had a buddy.."
#64
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2016
Posts: 1,237
Gtw 85,969lbs
Range 76 pax (225lbs)1,670 nm
Mrj90std
Gtw 87,303lbs
Range 88pax (225lbs) 1,150nm
You loose 12pax at 225lbs that’s
2700lbs. You certify at 86k for a
76 pax version. Range goes to
1,300nm
#65
This has to be a nightmare for MRJ! If they could have lightened it up with the composite wing they had a chance.
#66
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2018
Posts: 564
We just had another one finish their last trip. Jumped the flow by a year by getting ots. Was a LCA the last year. All of our ots to aa have been lca's.
#68
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2016
Posts: 1,237
GTF’s on their crj900 because it won’t save anything because of higher weight of engine. Complete BS if you ask me. Not sure why though. Let airbus help with cost of new engines, wings and avionics. 76 seats and 86,000lbs.
#69
76 seaters are not being added to any regional fleet in the US. If they made such a machine it would be to replace existing 76 seat aircraft at best. Considering the cost of an airframe - and the engineering to mount a GTF nacelle on the empennage I can see why they say there’s no savings.
#70
GF
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post