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Originally Posted by saltbae
How much can you realistically expect to make working 7 on 7 off as a year 1 FO? Considering going to to FlexJet to not have to sit reserve at my regional for 3+ years when I upgrade. Would be a steep paycut though from making $150/hour now though at my regional. QOL would be better at FlexJet by far so that’s what has me very interested.
I’d say first year would be in the ballpark of about 130k. Ish.
First year FO pay is 513/day, and first year captain pay is 650/day. You can upgrade to captain in about 8 months or so.
Figure an average of about 16 days per month (remember, we run 28 day bud periods, so there’s some overlap)
16 X 513 X 8 = 65,664
FO bonus 10% = 6,566
Captain pay: 650 X 16 X 4 = 41,600
Captain bonus 15%= 6,240
Per diem: (42/day for everyone) 42x16x12 = 8,064
Fuel savings bonus (same for everyone): = 4000
Total year one: 132,134
There’s potential to work and earn more. And we get paid OT for any duty beyond 12 hours and also any extra days are paid between 1.5-3x daily rate based on company need. The hourly OT is (daily rate/12)*3. So one hour of OT on first year pay is 128.25.
Pick up a few OT days and you’ll be sitting right at about 140k your first year.
Second year:
2nd year PIC pay is 670/day
So 16 X 670 X 12 = 128,640
PIC bonus 15% = 19,296
Fuel savings bonus = 4000
Per diem = 8,064
Total second year = 160,000
I’m on second year pay and about to make 180k, but I am also working 18 days per month, too. All of our base pay/benefits and everything are calculated at 195 days per year. That comes out to 16.25 days of pay per month.