Starting Regional Pay
06-27-2020, 01:44 PM
#71
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Joined APC: Jun 2011
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Originally Posted by firefighterplt
100%. That’s why I encourage everyone without a seniority number to work an alternate gameplan during this downturn. At best you’ll have a side gig for beer money or something to fall back on during the next economic crisis. At worst, if hiring resumes with terrible wages, you’ll have some options...and options are always good.
My fear is that I’ll find a BS placeholder job for the next 2-3 years, regional hiring will start back up, and we’ll have a surplus of qualified applicants...and the free CTPs, bonuses, and livable wages will fade into the luminiferous ether...not a good corner to paint oneself into.
My fear is that I’ll find a BS placeholder job for the next 2-3 years, regional hiring will start back up, and we’ll have a surplus of qualified applicants...and the free CTPs, bonuses, and livable wages will fade into the luminiferous ether...not a good corner to paint oneself into.
I noticed we had a lot of students that had never really considered being pilots before in their lives, but they thought the job sounded cool, had a lot of days off, and they loved reading the magazine ads that said they would be making $200k a year after a short stint at a regional. Some of those students have already quit at my school, and there certainly aren’t any new ones coming in.
07-06-2020, 10:12 PM
#74
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Joined APC: Oct 2017
Posts: 459
My wife is a hygienist. Lots of chronic problems and infection risk in dental hygiene. Choose your region carefully because licenses are not easily transferable if you move between regions. Not to mention my wife is the only one in the house so far to collect unemployment.
Depending where you’re at it’s pretty good pay though.
Depending where you’re at it’s pretty good pay though.
07-08-2020, 05:07 AM
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Joined APC: Feb 2020
Posts: 498
Originally Posted by kaputt
It will be interesting to see how much the training pipeline dries up and potentially creates another shortage down the line, especially at the regional level. From my narrow window, new career minded pilot trainee enrollments has basically stopped. Just 5-6 months ago my school had to turn away students looking to go zero to hero.
I noticed we had a lot of students that had never really considered being pilots before in their lives, but they thought the job sounded cool, had a lot of days off, and they loved reading the magazine ads that said they would be making $200k a year after a short stint at a regional. Some of those students have already quit at my school, and there certainly aren’t any new ones coming in.
I noticed we had a lot of students that had never really considered being pilots before in their lives, but they thought the job sounded cool, had a lot of days off, and they loved reading the magazine ads that said they would be making $200k a year after a short stint at a regional. Some of those students have already quit at my school, and there certainly aren’t any new ones coming in.
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