beech1980

The contract states 75 hours/month for 1st year, 75 hours a month in full month training (upgrade) and 70 hours a month in all other months. Currently lines are being built around 90 hours of credit. Lots of deadheading which pays 100%, and if you add the trip out of premium trips the whole trip pays 150%. On either block, or trip rig.

ULLI

I am thrilled for you guys. When I was trying to get out of my last airline I came across 2 SY pilots. After talking to them for 15 minutes the CA says, I am the lead check airman here why don’t you give me your info. Unfortunately by the time I received interview invite I was already somewhere else.

do you guys mind posting the exact rates. Also how many 76s are coming. Exciting times at sunny.

apex7

https://ibb.co/tMCB8ZL

DaGreenBanana

you win the internet

DC9123456

Unless APC is not updated but ABX tops at 268, Sunny like 283

zyzz

ABX rates start in March and are identical to Sunny’s 767 rates. They have 2% yearly increase for a few years too. Seems like ABX has decent work rules.

BIGRIG

Hopefully we can get 767’s on the pax side. MSP-Hawaii. Also military charters. Sounds like we will be the next ATA.

Apejackson

What’s the current reality at Sun Country? I received an interview invite and am curious if it would be worth it to make the move. I’m currently a senior FO at my regional and when thing start moving again I should be able to upgrade immediately. So pay-wise (according to the airline profile page here) it would be a lateral move or step down from what I would make as a captain at my current regional. How is life for a commuter? Upgrade time? Life on reserve? All the normal questions...

And what’s with the mentions of 767s?

maverickchill

Houston Air Holdings aka Xtra Airways aka Avelo Airlines is also hiring 737-800 pilots...
https://onemileatatime.com/avelo-air-737/

don't forget Breeze, Spirit and Frontier have app windows open.

Sunny propaganda these days... going public soon SNCY, already negotiated 767 pay rates for pilots, pilot contract negotiations to start in May.

As of now, reserve, commuting, pay, still sucks.
FO pay...52, 82, 87, 92 etc

eagleflight06

Just like any airline it comes down to what's best for you. Things haven't changed much in the last few years, rules wise, so commuting to sunny isn't great. Doable, but not great. Don't chase the upgrade. It's 2ish years right now, but that could change in an instant depending on where the future of the company goes. Reserve is tough, only 10 days off and lots of crappy flying that no one else wants to do.

All that being said I should qualify it with the fact that I actually do really like working here. You do some fun and interesting flying and the crews are great. I think there's a lot of potential for contract improvements too, with negotiations approaching fast I think a lot of big gains will be coming. Call be a hopeless optimist. Really, coming to sunny now is just kinda a gamble. Coming here could be like coming to NK just before their last big contract and you get hundreds of pilots after you quick. Or it could be 5 years before our next contract. No one knows, it's just how much risk you can tolerate.