1st Year FO at Republic is $22.95 and 1.65 Per Diem..... Last month I had 109:07 hrs of Credit and 354:07 of Per Diem $2501.58 and $584.10 so that's $3085.68. Now that's last month being on reserve and being used a lot. That's the pay before taxes. I'm not sure if this helped but Not sure where you got the $4725?

From what I've seen on union boards, you won't be seeing the Denver base anytime soon - and possibly never. Do not come to RAH if it's DEN or bust.

I'm adding my wifes teacher pay and the theoretical Republic pay to the equation. Thanks, for the info.:o

577nitro

It really depends on where you're based, I think, as to how much they use you on reserve. 109 credit hours for a month is on the high end, I think. I didn't break guarantee the 2 months I was on reserve, and neither did a lot of the guys I know. Per diem helps out a lot. St. Louis trips are the most efficient in our system right now. They're very high credit compared to say, Cincinnati.

I can commute or relocate if I have to....no biggy.

577nitro

You should read this thread about QOL and regionals.

http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/sh...ad.php?t=24625

I made less than 20k my first year at SKW and I'm doing just fine financially, but I'm single no kids. I had 3 months of reserve and one composite line. That combined with training didn't give me much money. Yeah things were a bit tight but I can't imagine doing anything else. I absolutely love flying with SKW and the PDX crews are amazing. I have yet to fly with someone I don't like. I used to be in computers as well, it was more field work so it was more interesting to me. Once it turned into a cubicle farm job I quit and went to aviation. I don't regret it! I had my bid in for the jet but I took it out a couple of months ago. The Brasillia is a blast to fly and I'm enjoying what I do right now so why change it.

Ahhhh I see... Now, those numbers from last month are NOT normal, I just had a good month. I have had a months of Just guarantee and it's with the per diem it comes out to be about $2100 before taxes.

I haven't heard anything about the DEN base going anywhere anytime soon but It could be. I haven't heard it though. The DEN stuff is all dependent upon Frontier, as long as they're in business we have a DEN base, as we have a long term contract with them.

I'm based in CMH and the Inefficiency of the trips there Help reserve guys.... IE. A 4 day trip. First day will be CMH-FLL Turn CMH-CVG, CVG to ??? EVV.... Ends up with like 8hrs of Credit. Next day... you'll do a EVV-CVG CVG to SBN. only about 2hrs of flying but reserve says 4hrs of Credit. 3rd day maybe SBN-CVG CVG-TRI another 2hr day but 4hr of Credit. 4th Day TRI-CVG CVG-CMH CMH-MCO Turn and them I'm done, another 7-7:30 day. I've only Blocked 18hrs of Flying but I got about 24hrs of Credit. That's what make Inefficient lines pretty good for reserve guys.