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Originally Posted by jayray2 (Post 994405)

Where do you work? My W2 for 2010 on THIRD year pay was 27K, of course that doesn't count per diem. My hourly rate was around $37, I did one month of high speeds and two months of reserve, every other month I broke guarantee. I don't pick up open time because 1.) I have a life and 2.) with my schedule I always had min days off so it was almost impossible to pick up more flying. I think people are lying to you about what they made.

Guarantee alone at 37/hour is 33+ not counting per diem.

At xjt 1st yr i think i made lower 30's including per diem. Yrs 2-4 i made 42-43 + per diem which totaled right around 50. I have had a pretty respectable QOL my whole time at a regional. Regional contracts have a lot of little perks that 135 or corporate flying never see. Its not a get rich quick scheme but I have averaged 15 days off a month since i have been here and have been able to trade for productive trips because i live in base. I fly around 800 hrs a year. If i had to worry about a commute i would have gone 135, CBP, or some other government job.

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Originally Posted by jayray2 (Post 994405)

I'm at Skywest. I can only pull up info back to 2003, and that was the last year I was an FO, but my my W2 shows over 33k and that was eight years ago. I would have been on year 3 to 4 on the payscale at that time. Take into consideration that W2 wages don't show pretax items such as insurance and 401K deductions. And while perdiem shouldn't be counted as income, all togeather it was over 41K that year.

Currently, unless you call in sick for a holiday. The absolute minimum amount of credit hours you'd recive at SkyWest in your second year is 931.8. Multiply that by 36.6 and it's $34,103.

I've been at Xjt for five years and have yet to break 40k. Here is my hourly rate vs. W2 earnings:

2006: 22/hr=18k(worked for 10months)
2007: 33/hr=38k
2008: 35/hr=34k
2009: 37/hr=35k
2010: 40/hr=39k

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Originally Posted by OCCP (Post 994572)

that seems consistent with the 5yr FO I know.

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Originally Posted by OCCP (Post 994572)

How many hours are you flying a year?

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Originally Posted by newarkblows (Post 994646)

How many hours are you flying a year?

I've been flying probably 80ish per month for my entire time here. I just fly my line and go home. I've picked up exactly 1 trip in five years. My time off is important to me. I commute from socal-IAH so even if they pay 200% for open time, its not worth the stress to me.

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Originally Posted by Al Czervik (Post 994395)

Pinnacle

+ 1300/mo perdiem

About 30,000 1st year.

That's a lot of per-diem.

$1300 a month equals roughly $1.80 per hour.
Every hour, meaning the whole month - 12am on the 1st thru midnight on the 30th. I've never heard of getting per-diem at home.

Or it equals $9 per hour if you average four 4-day trips each month and you're paid per-diem for TAFB.

Neither sounds right...?? :confused:

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Originally Posted by BoilerUP (Post 994414)

But don't EVER build a budget on any credit above guarantee...just don't do it. Live on guarantee, and anything above that is just gravy.

9th year at Comair - looking at $41,000 plus maybe $6,000 per-diem.

Been on reserve more years than off, I agree with the "guarantee-only" budget plan Boiler mentioned above.

There's probably 700 Comair Captains that would recommend staying on your FO budget when you make the left seat, too.

Boomer,
Are you trying to get out of Comair? Nine years is a hell of a long time to be a regional fo. I've been trying as hard as I can to leave XJT, but no luck so far. I'm afraid I might become a 9 year fo too.