Training pay

[b707guy]

You do get per diem and the training pay. They said about 1900 a month during training, before taxes on the training pay I guess. They are arranging the travel there to start class, and hotel of course. -batfish

Thanks for the correction - per diem isn't addressed in our contract, nor is the travel to get to class!

 

[hkgorbust]

Just to reiterate for Kalitta Air.
$600/wk from day one until completion of OE. Then full pay.
Hotel paid upon beginning of Simulator.
Hotel, travel and perdiem during OE.

 

[El Piloto Chido]

Thanks for helping a brutha. Anyone know about Southern?

 

[mushroom]

Tradewinds pays $2000 a month until qualified (finished with IOE) plus a reduced per diem rate ($24 a day). Hotel provided by the company. The class usually gets one or two nice SUVs to use for the duration of ground school (generally in GSO). If your ground school is in GSO, you'll probably be put up at the Candlewood Suites, which is a very nice long-stay hotel and a lot like an apartment. Free laundry, full size appliances and dishes provided, etc.

 

[EMB_driver2002]

I would agree for the 11 side of the house. Each crew gets a car once they hit the FTDs and SIM stateside. I don't know about the Helsinki training.

The 10 guys do not get a rental car when in training.

Yup, cars in HEL too.

 

[Kikuchiyo]

Yup, cars in HEL too.

But no per diem during training at Gemini, even in HEL living on the euro.

 

[Jurasicpilot]

Which ACMI companies provide accomodation AND training pay during initial and IOE? I've searched this but have only come up with info on Kalitta. Wondering bout SA, Gemini, ATI or North American on the pax charter side.

I know it sounds like a short-sighted way of choosing who to apply with- but I've got mouths to feed back home. BTW- they're used to me being gone - I just need to send a check home now and then. Thanx.

Short sighted my @ss! Yeah your 100% correct some people are adults and have cars, homes, kids, etc etc etc. Wasnt like this in the old days. Sad thing is when some poor SOB lives off his credit cards to get through the first year to be laid off soon there after.

 

[dutch747]

I bought dinner for a guy last summer who didn't have enough money to make it from payday to payday while in training for an ACMI carrier. His first paycheck was 2 days late hence the reason why he had no money. Another guy in the same class quit because of not getting paid on time and got stiffed with the hotel bill (The company was suppose to pay this).

 

[El Piloto Chido]

Sad, indeed. It's no suprise then that some guys are going overseas to fly in parts of Asia, UAE, ect. (supposedly 'third world countries'): getting paid decently and treated with a modicum of respect from day one.

Short sighted my @ss! Yeah your 100% correct some people are adults and have cars, homes, kids, etc etc etc. Wasnt like this in the old days. Sad thing is when some poor SOB lives off his credit cards to get through the first year to be laid off soon there after.

Right about the old days. My pop flew for Saturn back in the 70s, which wasn't a "major airline" per se, but was good enough for us to be well into the middle class. I still remember the bright red '71 Barracuda he bought brand new- on copilots' pay.

 

[b707guy]

I still remember the bright red '71 Barracuda he bought brand new- on copilots' pay.

Any idea where that car is now? Saturn had a great legacy. I've had the privilege to work with a few of their alumni and have the greatest respect for them.

Dutch - I'll be the guinea pig and aks ya - with what company was your dinner recipient in training?