Gulfstream Int Airlines
11-13-2011 | 06:45 AM
#71
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Ding ding ding... You figured out my thinking. It would be a miracle to upgrade and start logging PIC by 01/2013 at AE. Plus they want to divest us. But if GIA hires me I can start logging PIC by 01/01/2012. I'll be a year ahead in getting PIC. And hopefully get a SF340B.
11-13-2011 | 09:17 AM
#73
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From: Embraer Systems Analyst
Ding ding ding... You figured out my thinking. It would be a miracle to upgrade and start logging PIC by 01/2013 at AE. Plus they want to divest us. But if GIA hires me I can start logging PIC by 01/01/2012. I'll be a year ahead in getting PIC. And hopefully get a SF340B.
11-13-2011 | 02:24 PM
#75
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$32/hr wage as 1st year CA. Monthly guarantee is 75 hours. 75 x $32 = $2400/mo gross. Maybe you have 200 hours of per diem for the month paid at $1.45. 200 x 1.45 = $290. $2400 + $290 = $2690 gross for the month. Minus $300 for training payment. $2390.
AWESOME PAY! And that is before Gov't takes 20%. so now you have ~$1912
AWESOME PAY! And that is before Gov't takes 20%. so now you have ~$1912
The guy was PAID the $300 before he gave it back, so it too is taxed. Your $1912 is probably closer to $1850.
11-13-2011 | 03:49 PM
#76
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Ya but in the long run, esp in this seniority based industry that 25k could be easily made up. Get that turbine PIC, and be somewhere like jetblue or virgin, or maybe even a major, that could also put you ahead of a huge amount of people when the majors replace all these retirements. Its a GAMBLE, but historically I think it would pay off. Worst off dont pay it, let them dock your credit.
11-13-2011 | 06:49 PM
#77
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The game plan of docking your credit won't work. It's taken directly out of your paycheck as an automatic payroll deduction after completion of initial checkride. But you are correct that most airlines who have a PFT system, it works in the manner you mention.
11-14-2011 | 05:00 AM
#78
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You can say that again. Based on their rates, as a CFI, I was taking home more than a top of the scale FO at GIA.
I really don't get how those guys justify it to themselves. Why accept $X to be in the left seat at GIA, when you can have the same pay (if not more) in the right seat at a reputable airline with FAR less responsibility.
I really don't get how those guys justify it to themselves. Why accept $X to be in the left seat at GIA, when you can have the same pay (if not more) in the right seat at a reputable airline with FAR less responsibility.
11-14-2011 | 05:47 AM
#79
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From: B737 F/O
I think the economic climate we live in now is a dangerous hangover from the type of attitude you're exhibiting, Wingtips. Yeah, take a job at GIA that may or may not pay you enough to live on, then on top of it all go into debt. Hope you don't need to get a car loan, mortgage, or anything requiring a credit check anytime before you make it to a 'major'. Or better yet, declare bankruptcy to discharge the obligation....after all management should admire that ingenuity, it's right out of their playbook!
bgmann from his/her statements knows much more about this than I do, so like they said this situation may be moot as what I described may be totally inaccurate/impossible.
bgmann from his/her statements knows much more about this than I do, so like they said this situation may be moot as what I described may be totally inaccurate/impossible.
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