Figuring Pay
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Figuring Pay
OK, I'm fairly clueless on this. If an airline pays $30 an hour, and guarantees 70 hours in a month, you get $2100 a month fly pay (crap!). How many hours is typical (I know, this is probably highly variable)?
If you get paid $1.80 per diem, that's paid per hour from the time you walk in the door until when? And that's paid on top of the flight pay I assume? Any other $$ to add on to this that a pilot get's paid (not counting the second job as a pizza delivery boy)?
If you get paid $1.80 per diem, that's paid per hour from the time you walk in the door until when? And that's paid on top of the flight pay I assume? Any other $$ to add on to this that a pilot get's paid (not counting the second job as a pizza delivery boy)?
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OK, I'm fairly clueless on this. If an airline pays $30 an hour, and guarantees 70 hours in a month, you get $2100 a month fly pay (crap!). How many hours is typical (I know, this is probably highly variable)?
If you get paid $1.80 per diem, that's paid per hour from the time you walk in the door until when? And that's paid on top of the flight pay I assume? Any other $$ to add on to this that a pilot get's paid (not counting the second job as a pizza delivery boy)?
If you get paid $1.80 per diem, that's paid per hour from the time you walk in the door until when? And that's paid on top of the flight pay I assume? Any other $$ to add on to this that a pilot get's paid (not counting the second job as a pizza delivery boy)?
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Also, like others mentioned, the method in which airlines pay depends on the contract. One place I worked, the 1st of the month was for the first 45 hours of pay from the previous month. The 15th of the month was for everything flown past the 45 plus the previous month's per diem pay. These checks were slightly more "balanced" if you will.
Another place I've worked, the first check of the month was for 37.5 hrs of pay (half the min guaranty). The mid month was for the other 37.5 plus whatever additional flying done, plus the per diem. This results in a different style, a little check at the begining of the month and less little check mid month.
Now, if your last day you're running late, naturally you'll get more, till the time you finish for the day. In this example, the per diem is NON-TAXED as your rest periods occur in other than your domicile. If you are doing "day trips", "locals", "turns", or whatever they're called at insert airline here, that per diem is taxed. So if you're showing up 6 am, finishing in the afternoon and going back home/to a crashpad, that 8-10-12 hours is taxed.
And, as mentioned, some airlines don't pay per diem for an airport standby period, some do. Depends on the contract.
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Another thing..if you're hung up about the pay, and if you're fairly young AND single, move to your base...
Much more flexibility in trip bidding, adding a day trip, picking up pieces of someone else's trip etc...
I commuted to a regional for 2 years...I was able to make it work financially but it sucked worrying about commutable trips, report times etc.. Moved to base for the next 2 years and was able to do any length of trip, pick up open time, add and drop stuff etc...
Life at a regional sucks, but much less "sucky" if ya don't have to add in a commute on top of everything else that sucks.
Much more flexibility in trip bidding, adding a day trip, picking up pieces of someone else's trip etc...
I commuted to a regional for 2 years...I was able to make it work financially but it sucked worrying about commutable trips, report times etc.. Moved to base for the next 2 years and was able to do any length of trip, pick up open time, add and drop stuff etc...
Life at a regional sucks, but much less "sucky" if ya don't have to add in a commute on top of everything else that sucks.
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