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Originally Posted by Seggy  That is so interesting! Where have you heard this? The guys who trained the civilian way that are at the majors today, where did they fly before RJs came out?  |
Before this guys thread gets hijacked completely -
Riot I suggest you take a look at this thread:
http://forums.jetcareers.com/airline-pilots/33746-what-would-you-do.html
It addresses your question.
To keep this thread on track, as a just turned second year FO, next month I work M-W, 12 days. Every weekend off. The pay is low ($2650/month gross or $1700 take home with 10% 401k deduction) though because it's just an min guarantee.
If I wanted to make over min guarantee, I could bid to work more, but then I'd only end up with 13-14 days off. I'm taking it easy for a few months.
I have a friend who makes double what I do doing 135 BUT he gets 4 days off a month guaranteed. I'm a big fan of "work to live" so I choose the time off.
I've only encountered getting "screwed" once so far, it was a mechanical. The plane broke and it was the second to last leg on a 4-day. We had to spend the night while the plane got fixed. It's not the companies fault. I think in general regional pilots are treated pretty fairly, although there are *some* companies who either do not honor the contract or simply don't have one.