ALoha air cargo

[BornAgainPagan]

WHAT????? 28K??? WHERE CAN YOU LIVE ON THAT?

28K/ 26 PAYCHECKS EQUALS. 1076.92$ GROSS
subtract 20% taxes = 861.53$
Subtract for Insurance 50$
Subtract for 401k 10% 107.69$
Nice Cash Flow.
577$ avail cash to eat and Live off of every 2 weeks.

Oh yea Plus you get to miss most of the Holidays and weekend with family too. Yea It is Ok to live in Poverty just so you can say you Fly airplanes.

You people never learn.....

Are you new to the industry?

 

[vtwo]

Pagan, No not new to the Industry. Entered In 1988 US Army Aviation.
then Major Airlines and Mech, then Overseas to Gain experience then back to Usa for another Major as Pilot. 15 years later they die. mean while I work as Contract Pilot in the Usa. then I found a good gig at Real Airline again.
Family suffered with all the Chaos but we stuck it out. Never had to succumb to the less than stellar wages.
Sorry you guys are willing to accept a less than steller wage.
Over and Out.
have a nice DAY.

 

[SMcC]

Substandard wages are certainly bad for the profession, but toughing it out through a very lean first year is not unreasonable.

And please, pilots are not to blame.

 

[Junkflyer]

So tell us v2 what major did you fly for and what was first year pay?
I left a long-haul freight jobs for a major 2 years ago and only made 36k the first year. It was a severe pay cut. I dealt with it since second year pay nearly doubled that (all the raises coming up are significant) and my qol/retirement/schedule/lack of commute is much better.

 

[plucky]

Pagan, No not new to the Industry. Entered In 1988 US Army Aviation.

Yup....tool thought so...out of touch with reality.

 

[BornAgainPagan]

Pagan, No not new to the Industry. Entered In 1988 US Army Aviation.
then Major Airlines and Mech, then Overseas to Gain experience then back to Usa for another Major as Pilot. 15 years later they die. mean while I work as Contract Pilot in the Usa. then I found a good gig at Real Airline again.
Family suffered with all the Chaos but we stuck it out. Never had to succumb to the less than stellar wages.
Sorry you guys are willing to accept a less than steller wage.
Over and Out.
have a nice DAY.

I smell fish.

 

[topdawg]

Anybody heard anything since the interviews?

 

[bruddahgoose]

When I interviewed, they said that they will let us know within the next couple weeks. Hopefully we'll hear anything soon...

 

[dillfer]

Money's not everything. There is quality of life and having a little bit of pride when you finally do get back into your career field, no matter what the pay. This tool is just sitting fat, DUMB, and happy, judging every other person in the industry as if he knows there situation. As if there situation is the same as his. Not everybody is the same. Some people have to make sacrifices that other people don't understand, could never understand. Until they're in that position. Put the blinders back on and move to another thread.

 

[Xfr8dog]

I think many people forget that we are tradesmen. It's great to have the apprenticeship done (licenses in hand) but the other important factor is experience. Like every other trade we need to build our experience and it isn't easy. It involves a huge amount of sacrifice and it doesn't pay off right away. The dedicated will take their learned skills, build their experience and in a few years be in a position to ask to be compensated for what they are worth.

 

[dc8tom]

Tell that to all the tradesmen here in the western U.S. They paid their dues and are unemployed because someone will work for sub-standard wages and boy are the Bosses willing to hire them. But I'M sure the QOL is better then where their last job was located.

 

[Xfr8dog]

Which tradesmen are you talking about?

 

[HighSpeedClimb]

Aloha Island Cargo went out of seniority with the AQ ALPA pilots. They are nothing more than a union buster that good old alpa allowed. Aloha Cargo is a scab operator. Stay out of it.

 

[topdawg]

Aloha Island Cargo went out of seniority with the AQ ALPA pilots. They are nothing more than a union buster that good old alpa allowed. Aloha Cargo is a scab operator. Stay out of it.

ALPA is even worse..Stay out of it!!!

 

[MACHBUZZ]

ALPA didnt allow it... The judge threw out the entire contract.. How is that ALPAs fault??? ALPA can be run down for many things ,but not that...

 

[topdawg]

ALPA didnt allow it... The judge threw out the entire contract.. How is that ALPAs fault??? ALPA can be run down for many things ,but not that...

ALPA doesn't do ******************** for anybody except tax your pay check.


Wait... I take that back. They did help Mesa pilots with their "fly for free" contracts that enabled them to bring the industry to a new low.

 

[johnsonrod]

Probably very old news, but just noticed that Aloha Air Cargo started using Saab 340s. Nice to see some growth. Makes sense because it opens up new markets in the islands and Saabs can be used when the 737s can't be filled.

Are the pay scales on the 737s still the same as mentioned on the previous pages? Sorry, but how can people afford to live in expensive Hawaii on the newbie pay? Certainly need dual incomes if you have a spouse. I suspect the Saab wages are even lower..........