Originally Posted by GoHomeLeg

Depending on the airline you choose expect to make between 27k and 43k your first year.

Expect between 11 and 15 days off a month (varies from five on two off to 3 on 4 off depending on a lot of factors).

Duty times will vary as well. Expect 8 to 13 hours of duty per day.

Unless you're on reserve (75 hours a month) expect to credit between 80 and 90 hours a month.

If you commute you'll hate the job. If you drive to work its pretty nice. Consider moving over commuting.

Don't go to Republic!

Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by IFLYPLANEZBRO

First year at a regional differs depending on how quickly you can get off reserve. I was only on reserve for 3 months, two of which I commuted to reserve. But I seriously considered 1) moving or 2) quitting because commuting to reserve is a special kind of hell. The third month of reserve I was home based and that is glorious. You have a guaranteed 11 to 10 days off a month but for the most part they won't use you every day so you get way more days at home. For instance I had the entire month of January off one year and got paid to sit around at home and spend time with my family.
Moral of the story: don't commute to reserve.
And then being a line holder is fine it's an immediate pay raise pretty much but you work the not so great trips like 16hr 4 days, 12hr 3days, or 8hr 2days.

As a reserve I would take home about 2600 a month. As a line holder I'd take about 3200. Then before you know it you're on second year pay taking home the big bucks! (4000 a month or so.) did I mention we are under paid? this my experience at Skywest.

Originally Posted by GoHomeLeg

A lot! I'm not going to write it all down but you can feel free to search other threads.

Originally Posted by Turbosina

^^^^^

I'd also add:

1) Commuting to reserve will make you want to stab your eyes out with a rusty spork

2) After a particularly long trip in the shiny RJ, you will find yourself desperately longing for those days when you flew a beat-to-heck Seneca with 2 engines on fire through icing and TSRA+, because at least you were home most nights.

3) You will not think it ironic that you spent your whole flying career doing anything and everything to build hours...only to now turn around and do anything and everything to escape having to report to the airport and go fly a plane.

4) Remember when you secretly dreamed that your uniform would make guys want to be you and girls want to do you? Yeah...no. You're a bus driver in their eyes. That's it. And the guy who drove the bus that took you to the airport? He probably makes more than you.

5) If you assign a special ringtone to your airline's Crew Torture department, after a few weeks of abuse you will start to twitch uncontrollably when you hear the ring. If you happen to be snoozing in an airport immediately after your reserve shift has ended, while you're waiting to catch the +35 oversold flight home, and some passenger nearby happens to have the same ringtone go off... you may experience a psychotic break, a la Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now.

6) Regional FAs are only hot after you've had three drinks. Maybe four. Sorry to spoil the dream...

7) When you wake up at 0430 in a panic, leap out of bed and into the shower, and only realize as you're frantically putting on your uniform that it's your day off, and you're not late for your showtime....then you know you've arrived.

Originally Posted by Turbosina

^^^^^

I'd also add:

1) Commuting to reserve will make you want to stab your eyes out with a rusty spork

2) After a particularly long trip in the shiny RJ, you will find yourself desperately longing for those days when you flew a beat-to-heck Seneca with 2 engines on fire through icing and TSRA+, because at least you were home most nights.

3) You will not think it ironic that you spent your whole flying career doing anything and everything to build hours...only to now turn around and do anything and everything to escape having to report to the airport and go fly a plane.

4) Remember when you secretly dreamed that your uniform would make guys want to be you and girls want to do you? Yeah...no. You're a bus driver in their eyes. That's it. And the guy who drove the bus that took you to the airport? He probably makes more than you.

5) If you assign a special ringtone to your airline's Crew Torture department, after a few weeks of abuse you will start to twitch uncontrollably when you hear the ring. If you happen to be snoozing in an airport immediately after your reserve shift has ended, while you're waiting to catch the +35 oversold flight home, and some passenger nearby happens to have the same ringtone go off... you may experience a psychotic break, a la Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now.

6) Regional FAs are only hot after you've had three drinks. Maybe four. Sorry to spoil the dream...

7) When you wake up at 0430 in a panic, leap out of bed and into the shower, and only realize as you're frantically putting on your uniform that it's your day off, and you're not late for your showtime....then you know you've arrived.

Originally Posted by Taylor814ce

I only ask because I read few RAH bashing posts here and there but not many if any can say why it's so bad. Only argument now days are possibility of bankruptcy. And I did my share of search on older threads and biggest complaints have been no cancelation pay, no contract, low pay. These all have been fixed with the new contract so what's the problem now???

Originally Posted by Taylor814ce

I only ask because I read few RAH bashing posts here and there but not many if any can say why it's so bad. Only argument now days are possibility of bankruptcy. And I did my share of search on older threads and biggest complaints have been no cancelation pay, no contract, low pay. These all have been fixed with the new contract so what's the problem now???

Originally Posted by Flyguy4723

Can somebody give me an in-depth and detailed look as to what a first year regional FO pay and work schedule would be? How many days on/off per week? How much would starting pay realistically be? How much flight time per month? And how many duty/commuting hours per day? Assume I work for Skywest, Republic or PSA.
Thanks!

Originally Posted by 450knotOffice

Hilarious, man! You have a way with words.

Originally Posted by Turbosina

...you wake up at 0430 in a panic, leap out of bed and into the shower, and only realize as you're frantically putting on your uniform that it's your day off...