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#11
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Originally Posted by KiloAlpha
Yes, dont they all, and yes.. sorry I dont want to risk being a 5 year FO button pusher.
I choose AWAC. I was lucky enough to get hired on at the 'right' time, and have almost 150 below me in less than a year. This is out of a total pilot group of less than 800.
With my senority I don't expect to make less than $44k my second year (even with the concessionairy contract; if we get our old contract back come November I'll be in the low $50's). A 'button pusher' maybe, but if you get the saab you'll be an fo for two years too. Do the worst case scenario there. Yikes.
Will Colgan continue to expand? They've done a lot in the past few years. It's sometimes hard to keep that momentum going.
Good luck - picking a company can be a crapshoot. I've had guys at Colgan PM me about coming to AWAC because their upgrade/lifestyle wasn't what they expected.
P.S. There was a Colgan SAAB captain in my newhire class. That being said, he's probably still at Colgan because he was asked to leave halfway thru training !
Last edited by fosters; 07-10-2006 at 10:19 AM.
#13
Originally Posted by KiloAlpha
I fail to see how you will make $44k your second year.
$35/hr x 75 = $2625/month x 12 = $31500.
... but hey ... you were only 28% off, not too bad
$35/hr x 75 = $2625/month x 12 = $31500.
... but hey ... you were only 28% off, not too bad
The average line is built to 83-87 hours of credit, some up to 95 hours of credit on 88ish hours of block time (as my line was this month). Throw in a weather delay here, a junior man there, PHL delays every day and you can easily credit over 100 hours per month while having blocked much less than that. If you pick up any premium pay flying, you stand to credit even more.
I worked 10 days in April, flying about 40 hours and credited 94 hours of pay.
My W2 for 2006 at AWAC (I was hired in early January) should be somewhere between 25-28K including perdiem.
#14
Sorry, my mistake.... does Colgan have any of those sort of quirks in their contract ?
I should also add that Colgan has a junior base within 1 hour of my current residence; this is one of the big draws.
But hey, to each their own
I should also add that Colgan has a junior base within 1 hour of my current residence; this is one of the big draws.
But hey, to each their own
Last edited by KiloAlpha; 07-10-2006 at 11:01 AM.
#15
Originally Posted by KiloAlpha
Sorry, my mistake.... does Colgan have any of those sort of quirks in their contract ?
I should also add that Colgan has a junior base within 1 hour of my current residence; this is one of the big draws.
But hey, to each their own
#17
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Joined APC: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,425
Originally Posted by KiloAlpha
I fail to see how you will make $44k your second year.
$35/hr x 75 = $2625/month x 12 = $31500.
... but hey ... you were only 28% off, not too bad
$35/hr x 75 = $2625/month x 12 = $31500.
... but hey ... you were only 28% off, not too bad
wow dude you obviously have an inate understanding of how airline pilots are paid...sorry I tried to help. I won't make the mistake of doing it again.
later
ps i haven't credited <95 hours in a month after getting off reserve (even on reserve I had two months over 100 credit). That's $40k/yr right there @ second year pay, add in $5,000 in per diem (which colgan doesn't pay unless you do an overnight, which are rare, but you are still gone from home 14 hours a day...) and you get $44,900.
#20
Originally Posted by fosters
ps i haven't credited <95 hours in a month after getting off reserve (even on reserve I had two months over 100 credit).
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