EOS and MaxJet Pay

[Midnight Mike]

$90 grand to fly a wide-body as PIC? Come on, guys. Talk about whoring!

PATHETIC!

$90,000 first year pay sounds pretty damn good....

 

[Ty Webb]

It's not "first year pay", Mike. Anyone hiring into the left seat is (my guess) already going to be a very seasoned Int'l widebody CA. It is no doubt a very substantial cut from what he was making.

For comparison, a second year FO at SWA could probably make that, while never leaving the states, and when he upgrades, would be making nearly twice that amount.

Hell, I'm getting almost one and a half times that to fly a 737 for AirTran after four years.

 

[Dizel8]

90k with a potential upside vs 0, well, strikes me as no brainer.

Both Eos and Maxjet are just getting started, plenty of pilots making less flying or out of a job taking a chance and hoping it works out. Relistically, what other options do they have, Homedepot?

 

[UpNDownGuy]

I can't believe I have to point this out, but we are talking about start-ups here. Start-ups never pay industry standard at first. This would include your company Ty, who did not pay industry standard wages for DC-9 pilots when they first started out. Pilots went there on the gamble that it would work out, and they would be sitting pretty with a good seniority number at a successful company. It is the whole point of start-ups: High risk, potential high reward (eventually).

Because those pilots took a chance on ValueJet, Ty, now you can enjoy making the kind of wages you do now. The same goes for SWA, America West, and others. They all used to pay nothing; now they pay better. Everything needs to be looked at in the correct context, especially when you are comparing pilot wages.

 

[IB6 UB9]

I figured someone would step up to whore themselves out. Good job man.....way to help out the industry. Watch out guys....MaxJet just set the new bar for 767 pay. You are next.

Please tell the class what you are doing to help the industry out. Are you suggesting that he not apply?

 

[BigMotorToter]

I just had an eos guy on my jumpseat last night. In his class, 6 of the guys were all Delta 767 Captains who took their 1.3 mil. lump sum and bailed, then came over to eos. He said all are being hired as Capts. now and Capt. pay is about 107,000 for Capt. and $56,000 for co-pilots.

 

[b757driver]

90k with a potential upside vs 0, well, strikes me as no brainer.

Both Eos and Maxjet are just getting started, plenty of pilots making less flying or out of a job taking a chance and hoping it works out. Relistically, what other options do they have, Homedepot?

Home Depot......oh no, anything but home depot, they're not the greatest and I know that for a fact!
Yes, folks we are talking about start ups here folks and having previously worked for one, been dumped after 3 years when they went bust, followed by 16 months of consecutive unemployment when nobody would even talk to me......Ty and co can figure out what happens next. You need to put yourselves in others' shoes. Maybe you've never been furloughed or laid off. Take it from me and others who have experienced this first hand....it ain't no fun and is certainly no character builder. What would you do in that position? You got lucky with your risk taking, many others did not and have bills to pay. If you have a better idea, I'm sure they would welcome it. Answers on a postcatd.........