Total of 0 premium trips picked up. I live in base but it's about 2 hours to the gate with no traffic and they seem to schedule me enough as it is already.
Reserve for 1 month
Base pay: $45k
Per diem: $6.5k
New hire and referral bonus: $11k
Other bonus: $700
401k match: $1k
895 hours block
1076 hours credit
847 hours flown
161 days off
Still on Reserve, 5 months on property.
Base pay: $19.7k
Over Guarantee: 2.9k (Picked up 2 trips in open time)
Per diem: 3.3k
New hire bonus: $10k
Total: $35.9k as of December 20th.
~ 90h block for the 5 months.
EDIT: for the past 2 months i flew less than 10h combined when assigned reserve period. i wish PSA wouldn't over hire as much. Reserve has been really great for people living in base, as you are not used at all. For commuters you just sit around and do nothing.
8,480 per diem
944 ps
36,695 over guarantee
72,819 guarantee
118,938 total
Half my time was on reserve. Half as a commuting line holder. Block 617hrs for the year. Average 13-15 days off a month as a line holder, 12 as a senior reservist. On reserve one month I got used only 4 times... the next month I got used every single day. Occasionally I’d pick up opentime on reserve when I didn’t get used
PSA Captain
5 year Captain for 95% of the year
Approx 20% pay raise in April
Normal line holder
72,300 guarantee
38,700 over guarantee
=111,000 flight pay
5,200 per diem
5,000 referral bonus
450 triple pay bonus
1,180 profit sharing
Total pay approx 122,830
Total block 740
Total Credit 1306
Total scheduled days off 193 (includes vacation, but not sick or personal days)
So 16.1 average days off per month at 108.8 credit.
As a F/O I was able to use SAP to push my flying together. I was able to get an 8-10 consecutive day off stretch each month to travel. The rest of the month, I would schedule to fly 90-95 hours.
As a reserve captain now, I have a lot less flexibility over my schedule. Work 4 days and then 2 days off. Work 5 days and then 3 days off... 11 or 12 days off a month. Minus open time pickups.
Of the Days on reserve, I am on reserve, I get used 80% of the time. Mostly for airport standbys or turns. Occasionally, I will get assigned a full 3 or 4 day trip, but that is rare.
12-09-2022
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