Makes me wish I'd gone the cargo route

[Green]

Life at Airborne Express-

DC9fo making 172,000 in 2004??WTFO


By LJ-ABX "Let's say you're a 3rd year DC9 FO making $99 per hour. Your guarantee is $6435/mo, $77,220/yr. If you pickup a trip on a day off you'll get a minimum of 4.5 hours which is $445.50 plus the $46 per diem. There are trips which pay over 8 hours in a day (deadhead legs are paid at full pay) so you could make as much as $800-$825 plus per diem for one extra day.

A lot of guys pick up a couple of trips per month which could give our 3rd year F/O an extra $14,000-$15,000 per year with per diem. Some guys really load up on the open time and can nearly double their base salary. I know one 5th year DC9 F/O who made $172,000 in 2004. 767 F/Os who fly that much are over $200,000 but that will take a bit more than three years of seniority."


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[SWA/FO]

SWA baby!! Leave the boxes to FDX and Brown.

 

[shagadelic]

I flew with a guy on my last trip that made 320,000 last year... Did he have a life? Not at all, and he paid $100,000 in Federal Income Tax. Not worth it to me.

 

[B747FR8DAWG]

Hey Green,

Flying freight ain't bad, boxes don't B!tch

There is more stability in the cargo business

 

[stonewall]

I flew with a guy on my last trip that made 320,000 last year... Did he have a life? Not at all, and he paid $100,000 in Federal Income Tax. Not worth it to me.

I'm single, an F/O at FDX, and I'm getting killed in taxes each month. I need to go buy some kids or something.

 

[sandman2122]

I've got three I'll sell ya cheap, oh, sh*t, wife's coming.......gotta go!

 

[ultrarunner]

I flew with a guy on my last trip that made 320,000 last year... Did he have a life? Not at all, and he paid $100,000 in Federal Income Tax. Not worth it to me.

Then he's not getting good tax representation.....


We'll gross 400k this year....and I expect our tax liability to be less than 20%.

As quick as one loophole closes, another opens....

 

[Hoke]

Not that I want to be obliterate your post on ABX or anything, just an FYI of what one can do at SWA on our days off.
I'm a 6th year F/O and the way my schedule fell for Nov/Dec I had the last 10 days of November off and the first 5 days of December. Last week I picked up a 4 day block of reserve ($103.09x24) and didn't get used at all. The very next day scheduling called and offered me a VJA (time and a half) trip for 2 days with an unscheduled overnight ($103.09x28.9) I don't usually pick up much however, with the holidays and vacation coming up I figured I'd go ahead, plus it helps the company out by picking up on days off.
Anyway, my point is that I just made an additional $5453 by helping out the fine company I'm so fortunate to be a part of while still enjoying the generous amounts of time at home they afford us. Life is not so bad.

 

[capt. megadeth]

Not that I want to be obliterate your post on ABX or anything, just an FYI of what one can do at SWA on our days off.
I'm a 6th year F/O and the way my schedule fell for Nov/Dec I had the last 10 days of November off and the first 5 days of December. Last week I picked up a 4 day block of reserve ($103.09x24) and didn't get used at all. The very next day scheduling called and offered me a VJA (time and a half) trip for 2 days with an unscheduled overnight ($103.09x28.9) I don't usually pick up much however, with the holidays and vacation coming up I figured I'd go ahead, plus it helps the company out by picking up on days off.
Anyway, my point is that I just made an additional $5453 by helping out the fine company I'm so fortunate to be a part of while still enjoying the generous amounts of time at home they afford us. Life is not so bad.

Yeah, but you had to look at a bunch of passengers

 

[SWA/FO]

Yeah and F/As too!!!

 

[LarryinTN]

I think that ABX and SWA are similar in this regard. At both companies you can make a significant amount of money by picking up extra trips on your days off. Works well if you don't mind giving up a lot of your time off.

I rarely pick up any additional flying myself. Almost two years ago I wanted to make a big purchase so in a 30 day period I picked up about 80 hours of additional pay credit which was a little over $10,000 before taxes.

 

[SWA/FO]

Works well if you don't mind giving up a lot of your time off.

You don't have to give up a lot of time off.

 

[MemTrash]

Yeah and F/As too!!!

Guys or old women?

 

[Phil O'Sopher]

Guys or old women?

...old guys...

 

[SWA/FO]

Old women? Right, we are not talking about TWA here...this is SWA!! Babes, all of 'em.