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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
Can you expound on this thinking a little more since it isn't the first time I've heard this...
...For those that have flown multiple types at a time as runsky mentions, do you find it easier to fly two similar aircraft though many of the numbers (systems and speeds for instance may only be a few knots difference) let's say a KA300 -vs- C90 or completely different airframes with little similarities if any - say a KA300 -vs- L60?
I agree with you USMC about the per diem. It's a meal allowance, not a second income, but, some people DO think of it as such. As for the two types, flying 2 airframes isn't really an issue. It's when you're current on two airframes, but mainly only fly one, and only fly the other enough to be current per the regs. Thats when we run into the current vs. proficient grey area....
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Originally Posted by runsky42
I will still enjoy working at EAS with or without a payscale. It would be nice to know that 5 years down the road that I will have an opportunity to make X amount.
At year 5 you'll be making around $87,850. For those that don't know, we have annual salary increases of 2% based on the previous 12 months earnings. The 300 caps at $93,000 and in your case runsky, you'll be on year 8 to reach the cap.
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Originally Posted by runsky42
I think it's all in ones perspective. Would I rather be flying a POS frieghter in my case a C402 with 18,000hrs plus no autopilot no GPS over the Sierra's at night it crappy weather packing on ice making 30K a year or flying a Phenom 300 at FL430 listinging to ESPN on the XM and making 80K a year. In my case a no brainer. So when I fly with FO's that are in there 20's just barely at 1500 hrs and making 36K and they start *****ing about schedule and this and that I just want to tell them shut the F up. I am not a cheerleader for the company but in the short 18 months I have been here I have seen changes for the good, with one exception. ASTRO!
Let me guess, you walked uphill in the snow and ice to fly that 402 as well and walked uphill on your way home? Don't hold your own flying career against new FOs. Yes, a lot of new hires have it way better than when I started flying as well. Yes, pilots are natural complainers... but some of them have valid complaints. Especially those with 1500 hours or less and will be SIC for at least 2 - 2.5 (assuming for a 350 upgrade) on a 12/3 schedule with, you said it, Astro! I know, still better than what maybe you and I experienced, but hey, the industry is rapidly changing!
Here's the thing. EAS has its pros and cons just as tiredcfi has pointed out. It really is a decent place to get some experience and fly with a great pilot group, but, the incentives here are diminishing with the continuous hiring and movement within the industry. I'm not sure about the 100, but our Phenom 300 pay is no longer above industry average. Its just average, and the king air pay has already been mentioned. This is a very unique time in aviation with all the hiring, and companies have been making changes to attract pilots not because they want to give more, but because that's what they need to do to be competitive. I'm grateful for our own changes that allow me to have a 10/5 schedule, but that was announced early this year, initiated in October, and now it's December almost a year later and guess what- it's not as strong as an incentive as compared to earlier this year based on what other companies are now offering and continually changing to offer more as well. Since it has been brought up several times, lets compare Wheels Up. I could be an Excel SIC making the same as I am on the 300 as a PIC, with the opportunity to make six figures as a PIC with a 2:1 schedule, just as we have here after 18 months... and with the majors excessive planned hiring next year, that will affect the whole industry. So what I'm really wondering is what EAS will improve next (if anything) to keep me here?