04-24-2024Quote:
Originally Posted by u2drvr
How much you make will really depend on where you live and how hard you want to work. On reserve, you make 90 tfp per month at $50.17 and any open time you pick up above that pays second year pay of $84.65. Reserve lines are 90 tfp min and hard lines are anywhere from 85 to 110 tfp. Average pilot works about 105 top a month. You should be able to make ~$65k first year pretty easily and if you live in base and want to work a lot, $90k or more would be possible.
Just to pile on this post and add another layer of perspective coming from someone sitting reserve a while due to getting on board in the last few classes before the music stopped last year. I've been averaging about 110-125 TFP for the last 5 months (excluding February) as a commuter on reserve and not picking up ANYTHING. extra. The pain of first year pay hasn't been much of an issue for me so much as the sting of sitting reserve for a prolonged period of time. Fortunately with projected hiring, most hired won't have to sit reserve too long and endure the inflexibility of schedule that goes along with it.
