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05-17-2015 | 02:13 PM
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So after this preliminary meetings with BB and Bendo, what say the union about it?, I hear the mec talking about tours, visits to bases, flights with awesome pilots, unity, etc....what's going on with the NC and the meetings with company? Are we in a even field or miles away from each other?..
05-17-2015 | 03:00 PM
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a lot of variables to consider but if you don't pick up open time and sit at guarantee you will take home just over 1k per check. if you hold a line you will get like 500 in per diem per month.
that being said, if you have some flexibility, hustle and work the system you could make a whole lot more.
that being said, if you have some flexibility, hustle and work the system you could make a whole lot more.
05-17-2015 | 03:09 PM
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Thanks for the info. What sort of numbers can you pull down that first year of you're willing to hustle? I don't mind working my butt off. I do it now, but I'm a regional captain now with a wife and kid at home pulling down around 90k/year. I'm trying to make that first year as manageable as possible.
I know, it's a huge pay cut. Did it last year myself. Same situation, previous Regional Captain.
05-17-2015 | 03:17 PM
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Only in this industry do we make someone moving jobs start all the way at the bottom again. Guess theres no way to fix it
05-17-2015 | 03:35 PM
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05-17-2015 | 05:33 PM
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So then any way you slice it, I am looking at making less money over the next fours years? Taking a huge pay cut and commuting in the hopes that I upgrade quickly?
I don't see the benefit of leaving the regional I am at.
Is there pay increases on the horizon? How fast are upgrade times?
I don't see the benefit of leaving the regional I am at.
Is there pay increases on the horizon? How fast are upgrade times?
05-17-2015 | 05:39 PM
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05-17-2015 | 06:24 PM
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It would seem so. I just figure that since there are so many leaving my current airline for Spirit, I must be missing something...
05-17-2015 | 06:27 PM
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05-17-2015 | 06:40 PM
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There's a Netjet and Skywest check airman, along with other regionals CA, in my new hire class. They probably see a brighter future, and looking beyond the first few years.
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