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2nd year FO at PSA...

I make about $4,000 /month pre-tax if I work my butt off and credit about 95-100 hours and 11-12 days off. After health insurance, union dues, and 401K I'm left with about $3,000 take home. That doesn't include our new FO retention bonus though either which works out to roughly another $800 /month before tax withholdings.

I'm not going to be working as much through the rest of summer though so that will impact the pay a bit...

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Originally Posted by Geardownflaps30 (Post 2152535)

Son. You don't know me nor my situation. I didn't ask for tax advice. I can assure you that at 7 years prior to mandatory retirement that my tax situation is completely different from yours.

Your advice is unwelcome, ignorant and didn't address the OP's question.

Thank you.

Sheesh, you must be a real joy to fly with.......
Take it down a couple notches grandpa, dude was simply asking a perfectly reasonable question.

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Originally Posted by SMACFUM (Post 2152597)

Sheesh, you must be a real joy to fly with.......
Take it down a couple notches grandpa, dude was simply asking a perfectly reasonable question.

Reading comprehension is fundamental.

Ok so back to the question; bicker through your PMs. Don't waste the internet space! ;)

Much more so, thanks for the clarification.

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Originally Posted by WMUFlyboy1 (Post 2152493)

We have been paid 2 out of 3 retention bonuses so far this year, so it would be unfair to just do a straight division.

Instead: $39,031 - $14,333 (2 bonus payments) = $24,698

$24,698 / 5 = $4,939

$4,939 + (23,000/12) = $6,856

Does that make sense?

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Originally Posted by HighFlight (Post 2152711)

Yeah. Like this ^^^^.

Now that's funny!

Well, I noticed it was your thread, so I removed my post. :)

Bear in mind, when you start, you'll only be getting min guarantee, no per diem for about 3 months. So that is fairly easy to compute for gross pay. Taxes, that will depend on your particular situation, as evidenced above. You'll have to figure that one out on your own.

Your pay will go up after you hit the line and can credit more than min. Might even do that on RSV, depending on where you work. I have heard of a guy (XJet, I believe) who credits over 90 hours on RSV). If you're a DL mainline pilot, it's possible to credit enough with green slips to net over $48K a month, if you are willing to work the extra days.

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Originally Posted by PilotGuy77 (Post 2152713)

Now that's funny!

Thank you for the input! :)

1st Year FO at Trans States:

Average a take home of $3,200 a month. Filing single, and that number is after $173 for Medical+Dental, and 3% going into the 401k.

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Originally Posted by HighFlight (Post 2152725)

Well, I noticed it was your thread, so I removed my post. :)

Bear in mind, when you start, you'll only be getting min guarantee, no per diem for about 3 months. So that is fairly easy to compute for gross pay. Taxes, that will depend on your particular situation, as evidenced above. You'll have to figure that one out on your own.

Your pay will go up after you hit the line and can credit more than min. Might even do that on RSV, depending on where you work. I have heard of a guy (XJet, I believe) who credits over 90 hours on RSV). If you're a DL mainline pilot, it's possible to credit enough with green slips to net over $48K a month, if you are willing to work the extra days.

Not exactly true. I know at least PSA pays continuous per diem while in ground school (unless there's a 4-day weekend I think they pause it). Thats about 40 days + you'll get ~ 2 weeks while you're in sims. I'd imagine that a lot of other airlines are offering this as well.

It's sorta funny because your pay checks will actually go down once you finish training and hit the line for a more normal $200-400/month per diem on reserve depending on how much you fly.