CAL hours paid per month

[Nixon]

Hey folks,

I'm trying to get a sense of CAL's actual gross pay for comparison's sake. I can see the hourly rates at www.airlinepilotcentral.com, but I'm wondering how many hours of pay one could actually be paid in a month. It looks like reserve guarantee is 72 hours - can you get paid for more than that by picking up trips? What about for lineholders - what is a typical new-hire line worth?

In other words, how does one survive on $30/hour for the first year?

Nixon

 

[Patriot328]

Hey folks,

I'm trying to get a sense of CAL's actual gross pay for comparison's sake. I can see the hourly rates at www.airlinepilotcentral.com, but I'm wondering how many hours of pay one could actually be paid in a month. It looks like reserve guarantee is 72 hours - can you get paid for more than that by picking up trips? What about for lineholders - what is a typical new-hire line worth?

In other words, how does one survive on $30/hour for the first year?

Nixon

I won't be able to help too much as I've only been here a few months and I'm summarizing a bunch of info I've heard, but here it goes:

$30/hr flat out sucks. I try not to complain because I knew the pay before I applied, but it's still pretty thin... The guaruntee for rsv is either 72 or 76, depending on if it's a long call (A rsv) or short call (B rsv). If you get the 737, you'll be on reserve for a month or two at most in EWR, so your days off and guaruntee should go up from there. If you're on the 756, well, you'll be on reserve for a little longer (I've heard 6-10 months, depending on who's telling me). The conversion lines that people get seem to be 14-16 days off and 80 somethin hrs of pay.

There's a discussion going on in our in-house forum about how many hours of pay a year someone gets, and 1000hrs/yr of pay isn't unreasonable, it seems.

Hope this helps...

 

[densoo]

The sky's the limit and you can reach your dreams if you only try.

The monthly line divisor (average hours per line) is capped at 87.5 hours per last year's contract. This means that the lines are in fact built up to near 87 hours each month.

But wait. There's more. The contract generously allows you to pick up extra time right up to the FAA max of 100 hard hours.

If you act now, you can also add deadhead time and vacation credit for a maximum of 122.5 hours of pay per month.

 

[CAL EWR B737]

The average line holder is paid 1170 hours per year. That is going to go down as more new hires come on property. We have a large number of pilots over 12 years longevity who get five weeks of vacation and that helps those who want make extra pay. I would say for a new hire holding a line if one desired to work a lot he/she could be paid for 1100 pay hours a year.