With me being new to this board I noticed a lot of Sh*t talkers when it comes to how great their airline is and how much they get paid.

So, lets measure up W2's if you dare...

This isn't a post for trash talk and who is better than who. It's just to see what the line pilots are making without the BS of contract talk.

Airline
Year
Position
Hrs Flown
W2 (Expected)

Example:

ASA
6
CR2 Captain
Less than 500 (reserve)
$57,000

 

Im not trying to be rude, but this thread is really tacky......

 

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Isn't the FAA limit for pilots 1000 hours per year?

-LAFF

 

1000 FAR block hours per year. That includes time from when the CA pushes the power levers up after push to setting the brake when you arrive (push time is not counted toward FAR block, at least here it is not).

Most months I try and fly around ~50-60 hours per month, but credit 90-100. In a given year one could credit 1200+ hours but only fly 1/2 that (or less if they have luck on their side and learn to work the system).

And yes, I agree this thread is tacky. Comparing straight pay stubs doesn't do much justice. Different people bid for different things, at different times in the year, or at least I do.

 

Talk about the mother of worthless threads.

Since your new here, you may be interested to know that this site grew in popularity, in part, due to publication of all airline pay rates for fleet, seat, and aircraft.

Check it out: http://airlinepilotcentral.com/airlines.html

There is absolutely no mystery about what a pilot makes, that information is transparent. In fact APC even makes to plug in real numbers with their "pay calculator".

BTW, your $62/hr * 75 hour guarantee = $55,800 (not $57,000). Most people don't count per diem as income - it's meal money.

Welcome to the boards

 

Surely you understand credit vs. block time though, and at some carriers it's much easier to get a higher credit with what you work. If you aren't familiar, then you don't work for such a good carrier .

If I credit <95 hours in a month I am upset, and if I fly >60 hours in a month I am really upset. The difference is credit time, something some of the people on here don't know much about, which this ASA fellow was trying to shine some light on.

I would include per diem as income, or at least state it separately but have it on there. It's compensation.

Word on the street is skywest has a significant amount of credit time, with all their open time the pilots are picking up. That would be a killer way to increase your credit vs. block, because it's an instant 150% credit premium (same for all carriers I would assume). Sometimes I wish my CO would run a little lean so I could pick up more open time.

 

the sad thing is when I left ASA in 2000 on the ATR, I took home about $56K... things haven't move up much.

My last two years have been outside aviation, and mostly self employed in two LLC's.. the income is significant, and it would be tacky for me to go into details... but let's just say my returning to flying is going to be a MAJOR pay cut.

 

why then does it say that you are on the md-11 (in training)?

to comment on the thread....the only reason i was looking forward to this was that it would be nice to see what guys actually block or get credit for per year and seeing what the end of year W2 would be interesting. (sure APC has the calculator but it doesnt tell you what the average guy actually gets credit for only mins.) with that said it is pretty tacky to come right out and ask.

 

Just as I figured about this forum...
Tacky is all the Sh*t you guys talk. You obviously know how to use a calculator... Big deal. Plug in our "premium" pay there genius. If it's blocked to 1.5hrs and I fly it in 1.0 I get .5 pay on top of my 75hr... So, yes we make more than the min of 75hr on reserve.