End of 2019 regional survey
 

Really eye opening seeing what our major counterparts made on their thread, so here we go. (Major link: https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/major/126228-end-2019-salary-survey.html )

Threads like this are useful for those nearing ATP mins, low hour window shoppers, and those that are playing the game now. We also see outliers, regular line swine, and those who grow beards.

So same as the years prior, post your airline, years for pay, take home salary, airframe, hours flown, days worked, commuter status, bonus and any other compensation.


9E FO

Year 1/2
Live in base, half year of reserve


$51,000 guarantee
$9500 premium pay

$4759 per diem

$1330 company 401K
Some other fluff pay like LMS / quarterly


$69,500 total


Days worked: 140
Block hours: 500

Similar here:

Year 1/2 FO at 9E:

Lived in base for half of this year.
On RSV in base now (by choice), giving up my line for better QOL at home.
Blocked 370 hours.
Gross pay $75.5k.
Picked up lots of extra flying on days off in base.
Best month was ~ 130 credit.

Was commuting to NYC for first half of 2019, and was dropping a lot of RSV days, so had many < 70 credit hour months as well during that time.

Year 2 Cape Air Captain (if we count as a regional)

94k
4500 to the 401k
6-12 days off a month

Worked entirely way too much but I did have the entire month of October off.

Year 2/3 ZW FO/CA
Upgraded roughly halfway through the year.
Sim and CPT instructor.

Averaged 6-7 days off a month.

Average credit of 115-125 or so.

Regular pay 52,000

Overage 27,000

Instructor override 2,000

Sick/vacation pay 2,300

Soft pay (med exam, IBT completion etc) 350

Per diem 3,600

Company 401k (I max) 5,800

Grossed roughly 91,000 total. I’d guess I’d have probably made 125 or so if I had been a captain all year. Worked way too much but overall satisfied.

PDT
Year 3-4captain/sim guy

Block 2.0Hrs
210 Nights away
Made my own schedule
Base 107k
OT 30k
Per Diem spent on fun times
Burnouts in rentals. Plenty
Positive space every time
Schemes successful. 100%

Year 1/2 PDT FO
$39,XXX guarantee
$20,XXX premium
$6,XXX per diem
$10,XXX bonus/vacation/401k match

$75k total for 240 days worked

This reflects significant triple premium pay which was greatly reduced the second half of the year. I’ll figure next year will be less.

PDT LCA (yos 3-4)

Base 68.5k
Over Guarantee 34k
LCA Override 12.7k
PD 6.2k
Triple Play $900
Profit Sharing 1.6k
Total 125k not including 401k contributions

Picked up a lot for 1-2 months, 1-2 days of 3x for 3-4 months, flew my line and turned my phone off for the rest of the year.

You guys definitely have it better in sim land :(

Zw 9/10 year CA
Regular pay: $69,683
Overage: $29,550
Sick: $5005
Vacation: $5575
Instructor: $6775
Misc: $800
Per Diem: $6100
Ytd block 756

Total with per diem: $123,488

Piedmont FO

Year 1/2 Pay

7 months “on the line”

Regular Base Pay: $41,100
Retroactive Pay: $861 (our raise in May 2019)
Over Guarantee: $3,641
Per Diem: $4,200
Triple Play/Bonus: $950 (if we hit company metrics)
Cash Benefit in lieu of Healthcare: $480 (I have Tricare)
Uniform Allowance: $300
Sign On Bonus: $11,200($5000 was paid in 2018)
Training: $302
Profiting Sharing: $204

Total: $63,125

401K 1% contribution and 50% match up to 6% contribution

Nights Away: ~ 140 (Training included) Day worked: ~180

Block: 471 hours

PSA Captain
-Year 4/5 (pay rates increased in April 2019)
-Commuter / Line Holder
-Blocked 853 / Credit 1153
-189 nights at home / 203 days at work / 162 days off work
-$128,000 including bonuses, per diem, and profit sharing not including 401K.

9E Captain - CR9
Base (>15 years): $104,xxx
Premium pay: $18,xxx
Pier diem: $5,8xx
Bonus: $1,1xx
Vacation: $8,9xx
Other fluff: $3,5xx

Total: $141,xxx

Compass FO - Year 1/Year 2

Total of 0 premium trips picked up. I live in base but it's about 2 hours to the gate with no traffic and they seem to schedule me enough as it is already.

Reserve for 1 month
Base pay: $45k
Per diem: $6.5k
New hire and referral bonus: $11k
Other bonus: $700
401k match: $1k

895 hours block
1076 hours credit
847 hours flown
161 days off

As of the 20th of Dec:

PSA 1st year F/O

Still on Reserve, 5 months on property.
Base pay: $19.7k
Over Guarantee: 2.9k (Picked up 2 trips in open time)
Per diem: 3.3k
New hire bonus: $10k

Total: $35.9k as of December 20th.

~ 90h block for the 5 months.

EDIT: for the past 2 months i flew less than 10h combined when assigned reserve period. i wish PSA wouldn't over hire as much. Reserve has been really great for people living in base, as you are not used at all. For commuters you just sit around and do nothing.

Psa captain year 3/4 pay

8,480 per diem
944 ps
36,695 over guarantee
72,819 guarantee
118,938 total

Half my time was on reserve. Half as a commuting line holder. Block 617hrs for the year. Average 13-15 days off a month as a line holder, 12 as a senior reservist. On reserve one month I got used only 4 times... the next month I got used every single day. Occasionally I’d pick up opentime on reserve when I didn’t get used

PSA Captain
5 year Captain for 95% of the year
Approx 20% pay raise in April
Normal line holder

72,300 guarantee
38,700 over guarantee
=111,000 flight pay

5,200 per diem
5,000 referral bonus
450 triple pay bonus
1,180 profit sharing

Total pay approx 122,830

Total block 740
Total Credit 1306
Total scheduled days off 193 (includes vacation, but not sick or personal days)
So 16.1 average days off per month at 108.8 credit.

PSA year 2
F/O for first 8 months and Captain since September.

Guarantee: $52.2k
Overages: $17.8k
Per Diem: $6.2k
F/O Retention Bonus: $2.5k
Profit Sharing $890
Performance Bonuses: $450

Total: $80.0k

Total Block:673 hours
432 flights

As a F/O I was able to use SAP to push my flying together. I was able to get an 8-10 consecutive day off stretch each month to travel. The rest of the month, I would schedule to fly 90-95 hours.

As a reserve captain now, I have a lot less flexibility over my schedule. Work 4 days and then 2 days off. Work 5 days and then 3 days off... 11 or 12 days off a month. Minus open time pickups.

Of the Days on reserve, I am on reserve, I get used 80% of the time. Mostly for airport standbys or turns. Occasionally, I will get assigned a full 3 or 4 day trip, but that is rare.

PSA LCA 5/6 yr pay
150k including per diem
830 hrs flown

Expressjet Year 1 pay (6 MOS)

Commuter, 1 month reserve, 2 months line holder. 15 days off both months, around 90hrs credit per month. 251 credit, 169 block.

$20.5k Regular pay
$5k Earned Quarterly Override
$3k Per diem
$22k signing bonus
$1.4k in 401k

$50k total for the 6 months

Bringing this back to for front after someone posted on wrong (old) thread.


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Just a friendly thread bump. Gotta keep 2019 front and center

It’s amazing how far (relatively) regional pay has come, for both seats.

Envoy Air Year 1/2 FO

62,546 YTD Net

Picking up OT to average 90ish hours a month, playing our vacation game (DTS) of dropping trips but picking up flying for premium pay. Critical coverage, etc.

Typically 12- 14 days off per month.

DFW based.




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Wow. I’m a reserve 145 CA and barely made more than you.


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Envoy Year 2 CA 145 rsv
11 days off per month.

$70-$75k. And a book.

EV 145 2/3 FO

Lazy Pilot that can work the system

Block: 542
Credit: 1181
Days Off: 208 completely off (no sick time) Avg 17 month
Regular Pay: 35K
EQO: 10K
Premium Pay: 15K
Per Diem: Sub 5K
401K: 6K
Gross: 71K
Unpaid Hotels: 3

If only this thread took off like the one in the Major forum. This is always good info.

Agreed.

Filler

It's a little too easy to tip off who you are when you start posting your specific longevity, pay amounts, and QOL details on here.

So making similar amounts of money as the thousands of guys in the same airlines as you are in makes your identity worth knowing? I don't follow this logic

I believe he’s pointing out that it would be much easier for one’s employer to identify them based on that information within a much smaller pilot group, relative to the majors.

it’s unfortunate, but I don’t blame anyone if that’s the case

Yep, this.

"I work for XX airline, year XX. I blocked XX hours, credited XX hours, and made $XX,000."

This makes one much less anonymous to anyone at one's company who can pull such info.

Are you kidding me dude or are you just that naïve? We've all seen what has happened on here when somebody gets a little butt hurt at a post. They research their post history to try to find some PII. When/if they find it they try to track them down and ruin any chance of advancing to his/her airline. Worst yet, get in contact with a "buddy" still working at the poster's airline and get them in trouble there. Unless you are already at your final destination airline (and even then), you should be very careful of being identifiable on here. Nothing good can come from it.

So that is why the Regional survey is a ghost town. Some very smart people know to avoid it.

Agreed 100%.

Republic, FO, 10 months Year 1 Pay, 2 months Year 2 Pay

4 Months training at minimum guarantee
1 Month Reserve at minimum guarantee
3 Months Reserve at above guarantee
4 Months Official or "Unofficial" Lineholder (i.e. dropped reserve, picked up a full line)

440 Block Hours
1,013 Credit Hours

Total Gross: $65,000
Per Diem: $5,500
Signing Bonus: $11,000
Performance/Attendance Bonuses: $1,500

Year 2 PSA Captain
Upgraded in Q3 of 2019
$75,000 gross
$47,000 take home
Included:
-$8000 bonus(retention/referral/performance)
-$7000 per diem
Put 15% into retirement not including match
Pay increase went into effect 4/1
Averaged 15 days off before upgrade, non-commuter.
11 days off a month after upgrade, commuter, resulted in about 7 full days at home.

9E CR9 CA
Just shy of $140K

Glad to see that it’s possible to make over 100k along year 3/4 possibly at a regional.

Any news on the whole losing delta debacle, high time cfi applying to different regionals and wondering if i could get some insight on what the future holds for compass?