Speaking of SGU, looks like they worked another direct flight. (PHX)

1st year pay is $36.50 with a 76 hr guarantee. On reserve, they will fly you right up until 75:59 and then make you sit around so you don't break guarantee (if you do break guarantee then they have to pay you minimum daily credit of 4:12 for any days you sat reserve but weren't called.) So in an average reserve month you'll make $2,774 pre-tax.

Then there's per diem on top of that. If you pick up extra flying, of course, that too is paid extra. Once you're holding a line, though, it's hard to pick up significant extra flying because your line will be built to 95+ hours anyways, and you'll find that legality issues can prevent you from picking up a large amount of extra time.

As a rough estimation, if you just plan on flying the bare minimum, then take your hourly rate and multiply by 1000, and that's your pre-tax yearly pay. I have seen guys who are glued to their phones and have mobile SkedPlus alerts set up, who pick up all the time-and-a-half flying they can and credit 150 hours a month. However, you have to have absolutely no life outside work (this is virtually impossible to do well as a commuter –– you have to live in base to make this work like these guys do), and you have to be prepared to time out towards the end of the year and sit around without getting paid. (Of course, the hours you credit have no bearing on legality...legality is all about block hours. But at some point if you're crediting 150+ hours a month, you're probably flying close to the maximum block hours/ FDP hours.)

Anyhow, plan on $36,500 pre-tax pay your first year and you won't be disappointed.

I watch the UA flying more closely. RJdio pointed out the DL stuff. I watch the UA stuff. 100 airplanes coming to replace regional flying. They have already started flying 737s into places like Madison and Wichita. That trend will continue as the regionals become shadows of their former selves. You can hang on and watch your relative seniority backslide or you can move on. Of course, the odds are against many and not everyone can move on. For many, they may even settle for less such as virgin, atlas, jet blue, southwest and so on. But even then, it's better than being at a dying regional.

Southwest is settling for less? Hahahahaha hahaha
You're a joke dude.

Noobie question because I'm also a CRJ new hire starting next month. How much per diem can one expect to get a month?

It's based on how many hours you're away from base. A busy month might result in, say, 350 TAFB (Time Away From Base). Multiply that by our per diem rate (I think it's $1.80) and there's your answer...

Not at all. Dude. Go check the life after Skywest thread. There are southwest guys there recommending against going there unless as a means to get a rating to move on or if you live in base. Not a joke at all.
dude.

Reserve in DTW will be a joke though.

Whats on the Skywest Interview ?
Turbine Engine, 91.175(c), Jepps, Electrical. Anything else. I want to be the best prepared applicant.

Search the gouge , or are you expecting someone to just give you all the answers ?