I pay $233.00 per paycheck for a family of 4 under the Cigna Open Access Plus In Network Plan. So far no complaints here; pretty much everyone takes Cigna hence it isn’t hard to find in network providers. I believe when I was hired, there was a 2 week waiting period.

Training pay is $1600/month...

Plus 24/7 per diem and with the COVID Mou, per diem is 4.00/hr.

Are you considered based in MIA for training? As in - is the per diem taxed or untaxed income?

They tax part of it, can't remember the percentage.

Thanks bud!

If I remember correctly, you are considered based in the fleet's junior base starting on day 1 (ANC for 747, I believe CVG for all other fleets). So, part of your per-diem is tax free, but part of it is taxed (that is, as long as the $4/hr MOU per diem remains in effect. It is unclear how long that will last before it goes back to $2.40/hr).

Another note on planning for training pay: while you will receive per diem starting from day 1 of training, due to the way that our pay is issued, you won't start seeing the per diem in your paycheck until the end of the 2nd month.

We are paid on the 15th and the last day of each month. The pay on the 15th is 1/2 your guarantee, and the pay at the end of the month is 1/2 guarantee plus any additional pay (but, this is for the month prior. So, your July 31 paycheck is 1/2 guarantee plus whatever was over guarantee for the month of June, be that per diem, or rig pay above guarantee.)

So, for your first month of training, the only income you should expect is the $1,600.

Negative, you will be considered the junior base day 1 of training. They tax. percentage of per diem here while in training. Different from what I’ve experience when I was at my regional.

The IRS has standard per diem rates different from the GSA/DOD/State Department rates. And the tax write off of the difference between what you were paid and the GSA et al. rates went away with tax reform a few years ago. The IRS rates for transportation workers are $66 a day domestically and $71 internationally. Atlas can’t even figure that out so they just withhold on what you’re paid above the $71 a day/$2.91 an hour rate even if you’re domestic.

So am I correct here: monthly training pay is 1600 + (24hrs x 4$ x days in the month)?

So your training pay ends up being a couple thousand a month in per diem on top of the 1600?