Noticed about a month ago empires employees received about an extra 100 bucks a week in their pay. Was this a FedEx decision? Curious if anybody knew if FedEx approved this to all the feeder pilot companies like mountain air and wiggins, etc. Does anybody know? That's not bad starting pay for a caravan job. Thanks !!

About time they give you guys a litte more, my opinion they need to add a lot more than that if they want to keep you guys. Heck that was our Christmas bonus when I was at W air (another FX feeder, which was pathetic). They need to add a signing bonus or raise their starting ATR CA pay if they want to attract guys, heck even AF is doing that. I see a lot of FOs and Capt openings for the same base, has Empire cancelled flights due to lack of crews???

Agreed. Empires starting pay is now 38000 for a caravan. About time! Did the other feeders give a raise across the board? Their ATR pay is still not where it should be either seat. Especially if you have to live in CA! That being all the openings. Those feeder guys deserve more pay.

Maybe the ATR might be next for the pay-raise, if its enough I just may do that phone interview with them.

Right seat ATR is 28300 and left seat is 49300 to start. I believe that too was just raised to those new numbers. Not too bad unless like I said your base isn't Santa Barbara or Oahu. Can't live off that.

Yeah I make more in my position as a 3rd yr Regional FO. They have some catching up do.

That's not much more than what I made there in 1997-98. Pathetic.

Nothing yet for other feeders

Why nothing yet for the other feeders? How can Empire raise the pay by 100 more a week and not the other feeders? Usually that is approved by FedEx. Maybe FedEx raised all feeder pay but only Empire has awarded it to their employees so far. That wouldn't be fair for the others. Anybody else have in site?

Not true. Pay during training is 510 per week. Upon completion of checkride pay goes to 680 per week, 35,381 per year, at six months it goes to 709 per week, 36,855, at one year anniversary it goes to 731 per week, 38,034. After this point a raise comes every year. I am currently at two year pay which is 771 per week, 40,098 per year.