How bout some advice/overview for the younger guys?
07-15-2007, 07:34 PM
#52
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Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Spartan
Posts: 3,652
Originally Posted by Bruchmuhlbach
Maybe someone among you can answer a newbie question for me. For a while now I've been wondering why I'm seeing annual salary figures for first year FOs that are in the teens (ex. $14,000 per year) when the hourly pay rates don't support a figure that low. I assume it has to do with how much an individual actually works. I currently get paid for 80 hours a month at around $15.50 an hour, and pull in an annual salary of over $30,000 before taxes/health/retirement deductions. If an airline has a guarantee of 80 hours a month, and starting pay is something like $20 an hour, wouldn't I be be making more annually than I do now? Does it have something to do with being on reserve for a while? What am I missing?
07-16-2007, 02:58 AM
#54
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Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: TC-12B (SELRES)
Posts: 304
Originally Posted by Slice
80 hours a month x 15.50 =1240 x 12 months = $14880. Where do you get $30K?
07-16-2007, 03:23 AM
#55
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Joined APC: Jun 2007
Posts: 13
Oops. Yeah, that's 80 hours every two week pay period. So it ends up being around 160 hours a month. I had it all twisted in my head. 160 hours a month versus 80 hours a month makes a big difference. It all makes sense now. Too many numbers to wrap my brain around I guess.
07-16-2007, 04:19 AM
#56
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Joined APC: Jul 2007
Position: HMMWV in Iraq
Posts: 328
Originally Posted by dbtownley
Are you sure that you are not working 160 hrs per month. 4 weeks x 40 hrs. 80 hrs / month at $15.50 doesn't add up.
Originally Posted by Bruchmuhlbach
it ends up being around 160 hours a month.
