Realistic 1st Year Skywest FO Pay
02-23-2008, 11:38 AM
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Realistic 1st Year Skywest FO Pay
With the new contract, have any of you SkyWest pilots run the numbers on what a realistic 1st year salary for a new FO is? I read while back that under your old payscale with your work rules 1st year RJ drivers could earn in the mid to upper 20's. I was wondering if a 1st year guy could earn in the 30's now without too much trouble?
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Thanks for any insight.
02-23-2008, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Clue32
With the new contract, have any of you SkyWest pilots run the numbers on what a realistic 1st year salary for a new FO is? I read while back that under your old payscale with your work rules 1st year RJ drivers could earn in the mid to upper 20's. I was wondering if a 1st year guy could earn in the 30's now without too much trouble?
Thanks for any insight.
Thanks for any insight.
SkyWesy is very Similair to XJT when it comes to pay, I made around $34,000.00 my 1st year at XJT, I am sure with some hard work you would be able to do it at Skywest
02-23-2008, 11:54 AM
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No. You can't. You're going to be in training for two months, then you're going to be on reserve for a few more months. They're quite good at not working you over your guarantee, and there's very little extra flying to pick up right now, if even you're willing and able to do it. So I'd bank on 75 x 22, plus a little per diem (which isn't really income, per se), minus taxes.
02-23-2008, 12:16 PM
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I'll disagree a bit with Shark, partly. Most FO's on the EMB go straight to holding lines (I was reserve for two months, partly by choice), and I haven't had a month where I credited less that 100 hours. I haven't run the numbers, but it would appear to me that mid to upper 20's for first year pay wouldn't be out of the question...but 30k might be a little bit of a reach.
02-23-2008, 12:28 PM
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Well, to make $30k, you'd have to bring in $2,500 per month, which at $22/hr is 113.6 hours of credit, on average. You'd have to go way over that once you're a line holder to offset the miserably low training and reserve pay.
I just wouldn't want anybody to be misled into budgeting on $30k their first year here. I'm inclined to believe that even those who reach the high 20's are few are far between.
I just wouldn't want anybody to be misled into budgeting on $30k their first year here. I'm inclined to believe that even those who reach the high 20's are few are far between.
02-23-2008, 12:56 PM
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Before taxes and deductions, and also including per diem (since I pack food and consider most of the per diem as actual income, at least for the first year when it counts for 15-25% of my paycheck), I end up looking at about $2.8k/month. Figure you hold a line right out of training, 10 months at that puts you short of $30k. Splitting hairs though...first year pay is miserable from any angle you look at it.
02-23-2008, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Timmay
And for what it's worth...at least we get paid during training. Don't most places NOT pay during initial?
02-23-2008, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Lighteningspeed
Most places do pay during ground school. ie. At Mesaba, you get 75 hours monthly guarantee. Same at Horizon.
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