FlexJet first year salary?

[EdAtTheAirport]

Let me diffuse this worthless argument by thanking the NJ pilot who gave me and my FO their crew meals last week at KLAX. Our catering almost didn't show up. It would been a long flight to KDPA with no food. Great Cobb salad! Appreciated it. Thanks. That's the brotherhood that counts!

 

[walshsfly]

Ill go easy when people just stick to the topics, and the questions that are asked. This thread is about first year pay at Flex Jet, and nothing else. Every thread on here that has Flex Jet in it always has someone saying how bad it is here, and how we need to have a union. We don't all need to be the same.

If you work here and don't like it then quit. If you don't work here then I don't see why you have to always put us down.


About insurance: My wife pays 3 times as much for the same insurance we get, and she works for the worlds second largest bank.
Could it be better? Yes, but couldn't everything?

Now to answer this question. First year gross pay 42,000 with only 1 overtime day and average about 16 days per bid. Didn't track my per diem but probably 5,000 plus. Don't remember how big the bonus was but my wife spent it before I got it any way.

60 school has been fun its a great aircraft but I miss my 300

 

[Johnlp3]

Can you elaborate on the insurance costs?

 

[EdAtTheAirport]

Ditto on the "good life" in the 300 Walshie! I miss it too, but every other Thursday I miss it a little less.

 

[Inigo Montoya]

Every thread on here that has Flex Jet in it always has someone saying how bad it is here, and how we need to have a union. We don't all need to be the same.

If you work here and don't like it then quit. If you don't work here then I don't see why you have to always put us down.

Walsh, there is a reason that people keep saying that, and it is because the majority of Flex pilots now think that we need a union.

Your "if you dont like it then leave" attitude is, in my opinion, a bit on the childish side. Surely you must agree that seniority is like gold in this industry right? If I have been here 5 years, but decide I'm not too happy, am I better off trying to improve things or give up my seniority and start over at the bottom somewhere else? Pretty much anywhere I decide to go to will mean I take a pay cut and get reserve schedules. Its called the golden hand cuffs. I'm stuck here because of the seniority I have built.

So, like many others, I have decided to stay and just hope for improvements. In my case, I believe that the best way, if not the only way, to improve our Pay/benefits/QOL is through a union.

More and more people are jumping over to the same side of the fence as me. A union will benefit us all, just the way it benefited NJ. Simple as that in my mind. I dont see any downside to it anymore. none....

check it out: http://www.ibt1108.org/

 

[finnjl]

44720 is year 2 FO pay (16day gurantee) as a Lear 40/45 FO you will not get anymore than 16

plus per diem
bonus is around 1500 for a FO
maybe a couple of days of overtime during the busy season

The POS plan is 120/month for a family, the other plans are cheaper and the POS is cheaper depending on who you have on it (it is pretty much your standard isurance) Yes for the guys bashing the insurance I was on a HMO through my wife's insurance when she worked at a defense contractor and it was much better but it cost about 100/week for the family plan, so you get what you pay for

 

[FalconPilot69]

Walsh,

While I have been among the most anti union person around, I must admit that it is getting more and more like a good option. The thing that bothers me most is that of the rumored NJA purchase of Flex. If that happens, you can kiss that forth strip goodbye due to our being stapled to the bottom of the list.

When we were being potentially bought by Penske, there were no representatives for the pilots there. We would have taken what Penske gave us. I must admit that a union would stop that.

 

[DirtyBeech]

And just where is that fourth stripe going to go? Would NJA have trained 60 crews waiting in the wings if they bought Flex? The thing has to keep rolling you know.

Walsh,
enjoy fishing for turds. I want no part of the 60.

 

[walshsfly]

Granted I haven't talked to every pilot we have but the ones I have, and this topic comes up don't want a union. And just to be clear my "if you don't like it then leave attitude" is meant for you to leave the industry not go start over again on the bottom of some other list where your not going to be happy either. This life is too short to not enjoy your job.

I don't buy any rumor that they want to us, it goes along with they want options and shares as well. But if we unionize with them we might as well have been bought cause we will still be the unwanted stepchild.

And fishing for turds is just half the fun.

 

[Guitar Guy]

This life is too short to not enjoy your job.

Agreed, along with the time spent with family and good friends.

I don't buy any rumor that they want to us, it goes along with they want options and shares as well.

I agree on that, too.

But if we unionize with them we might as well have been bought cause we will still be the unwanted stepchild.

I'm curious as to why you feel that the Flex pilots would be "the unwanted stephchild" if 1108 is voted in. From what 1108's leadership has said, Flex's pilots wouldn't be at all lesser participants in the union nor would they receive lesser efforts from the leadership of 1108.

 

[walshsfly]

I'm curious as to why you feel that the Flex pilots would be "the unwanted stephchild" if 1108 is voted in. From what 1108's leadership has said, Flex's pilots wouldn't be at all lesser participants in the union nor would they receive lesser efforts from the leadership of 1108.

What makes a unions leadership any different than a companies. They are both out do do nothing more than make money off of our hard work. So why should I believe what the union says? When things go bad they will put all there effort into helping the group that gives them more money. Where does that leave us at Flex? From what I have lived through, it takes money from us while the bigger group makes more money. You can try and tell me that they are different than ALPA, but a union is a union no matter what they tell you.

 

[Club ORD FO]

Walsh,

did you ever get the extra insurance ALPA offered? or did you use their on call doctors when you had a medical question? did you ever grieve something that you think the company owed you, or when you think they broke a rule? Did you ever jumpseat on anybody back before the CASS days?

I did... add in the job protection and I'd say the 2% was well worth it. And, I even got 5% off my cingular bill thanks to ALPA.

not saying ALPA was the greatest thing, but I'm saying it was better than being non-union. I'm leaning towards the same thing here. Teamsters may not be the all good, but the good might outweigh the bad. simple as that.

 

[hammer2]

Walsh, I got a feeling that IBT 1108 may be the wave of the future at Flex. You may want to jump over to Citation Shares, where everybody is singing and jumping with joy with their current working conditions.
Good Luck !!

 

[Guitar Guy]

What makes a unions leadership any different than a companies. They are both out do do nothing more than make money off of our hard work. So why should I believe what the union says? When things go bad they will put all there effort into helping the group that gives them more money. Where does that leave us at Flex? From what I have lived through, it takes money from us while the bigger group makes more money. You can try and tell me that they are different than ALPA, but a union is a union no matter what they tell you.

And yet, the NJA/NJI integration will be done by DOH. That's with the NJI pilots who are not paying any union dues at this time. If Flex pilots vote for 1108 representation and start paying dues, why would you reasonably expect a worse deal than the NJI pilots will get?

 

[doylehargraves]

Hey you guys lay off Walsh. He's in a strange position on this board because his name is his call sign. he can't really say too much on here without catching some flak at work. Plus, he'll come around when its time to vote.

Hey Mr Ed(moss), whatever! The crew meals not showing up has been a real problem for us lately too.