Average paycheck???

[kevin_p]

Air Midwest is a little different than Mesa. We have the same contract and same seniority list, but the lifestyle is quite a bit different. We have outstation domociles usually with only 3 crews each. Our domociles at the hubs are purely for reserves. I am technically based in MCI (reserve base), but right now my TDY line is out of Salina, KS. Commuting can really suck, but I live in Dallas, so I just fly up to Wichita, KS and then drive about 1:15 to SLN...that way it is still only a one-leg commute.

 

[Spinplate]

Thanks for the info!

 

[wahoo250]

average of 650 for the first paycheck and 1000 for the second. first year at express. It sucks but i have only flown 350 hours this year so far. i have a friend that makes closer to 2300 every month but thats flying 90 hrs all 4 day trips. I do all day trips with the occasional 2 day thrown in so most of my per diem is taxed. the trick is to get a second job after you get off reserve. otherwise youll never see home.QOL is good average of 16 days off a month. all depends how you bid.

 

[dumpduck1]

I make more as an ex-A&P fixing a bus. I do miss aviation though, but I do enjoy riding my harley on weekends.Every weekend. After 3:00 pm during the week.With holidays off.I must be a fool! Can any body help me with a bi-anual?

 

[Alchemy]

As a 1st year FO at Expressjet I was getting about $1700 a month on reserve and am getting about $1900 a month as a line holder. Most flight attendants I flew with were making more than me.

Luckily I live in an affordable part of the country and split an apartment with 2 other friends. I'm living slightly better than I was as a CFI, but still not much better off than I was as a college student. You really just have to suck it up until you get off first year probation, at which point you get a 50% pay increase at Expressjet up to about $33 an hour. T-minus 2 months and counting for me. At most turboprop operators you'd probably be looking at upgrade after your first year, so either way it's temporary pain for longer-term benefit. Not that $33/hr is anything to write home about.....

 

[labbats]

Just think about how much more money you'd be making on your TDY if Mesa paid the $1.50 - $1.60 everyone else pays for per diem. Ouch.

I usually make the reserve guarantee at Eagle plus around 300 hours of tax free per diem at $1.55.

 

[Otto Coarsen]

According to many of the DHC-8 FOs I fly with, They BRING HOME about 600-700 dollars every 2 weeks.

 

[kevin_p]

Trust me, I wish they would pay industry standard per diem... that would give me a couple hundred extra tax-free dollars to play with every month. Mesa does suck, but I'm still doing okay compared to other prop FOs throughout the industry. Even though it is tempting to jump ship and go somewhere else, I think the quickest way to a better quality of life is to stick it out here rather than go back to the bottom of a seniority list at another regional. I'm not too far from upgrading here.