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Old 04-05-2014 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by 2ForHooking
In my personal opinion CommutAir is a great place to be right now. Starting pay is $30/hour now with an upgrade around 2 years (+/- a few months now because of lack of FOs) and our commuter clause now allows you to receive hotels in base paid for by the company. My opinion might be biased because I've never worked for anyone else but I can tell you that right now I am happy with my job and the pilot group is GREAT!
Is the scale on the profile page incorrect? It shows $23/hr for the Q200 and $25/hr for the Q300.
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Old 04-06-2014 | 05:33 AM
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Originally Posted by CarolinaAngler
OK that's great and is far from normal. Out of curiosity, where do you bid in your base? I would guess top 3rd?
I understand day trips if you are top 3rd but CDOs not really, I am Junior in my base but since I am based and live in a Base where 85% of the FOs and Captains are commuters the top 10 take the day trips and live at base while the rest are commuters and they don't want to do CDOs. Four months straight now I have been doing CDOs and pick up either day trips or two days (for perdiem) on my days off and get about 99 to 103 credit a month. Wish my company had premium pay like my previous one then I would wait for them to call me on my days off with offers but I have to work with what I have right now.

Anyways we are straying away from Songmans question. The truth is that it is hard to find a regional to make money first or second year with how much you are making now, that is why we all have to stay united on all these concessionary contracts and show the companies that we are worth more than they think.
Songman sometimes you have to take a step back or two to take a step forward... I had to do it. I was at $35 an hour and went down to $19 and slowly moving forward, got the QOL right now and working on money now.
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Old 04-06-2014 | 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by MooseAg03
Is the scale on the profile page incorrect? It shows $23/hr for the Q200 and $25/hr for the Q300.
The pay scale is incorrect. I sent APC a copy of our LOA so hopefully they change the numbers on here soon. FO years 1,2, & 3 are $30, $32 & $33.
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Old 04-06-2014 | 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by CarolinaAngler
OK that's great and is far from normal. Out of curiosity, where do you bid in your base? I would guess top 3rd?
I bid 65%. Not Senior at all.
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Old 04-07-2014 | 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by CarolinaAngler
OK that's great and is far from normal. Out of curiosity, where do you bid in your base? I would guess top 3rd?







Also, guessing SLC based?
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Old 04-08-2014 | 04:01 PM
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The No votes mean there are no changes to how things have been. All the regionals still have their previous low paying contracts, so if you go to a regional now it will be the same pay as if you went, say, 7 years ago. Maybe even less now, if you factor in inflation. The only difference, as someone else pointed out, is that you lost all those years of seniority.

If you goal is to be an airline pilot, you should go, like yesterday.

If your goal is to make $$$, charge more an hour and specialize in the types of instruction you like. Or network and go into corporate.
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Old 04-11-2014 | 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by MooseAg03
Is the scale on the profile page incorrect? It shows $23/hr for the Q200 and $25/hr for the Q300.
Yea we just got a new pay rate effective 4/1. First year FO pay is $30 an hour at C5 for the 200 and 300
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