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Originally Posted by Seggy  We get a paycheck on the 5th and 20th of the month. The 5th paycheck is half of your guarantee, your 20th paycheck is the overtime+per diem check.
My pay credit was 141 hours 34 minutes for that month and per diem was $451.34 went TDY all over the place.
Why was my pay credit so high? I did a lot of stuff through LGA that month and we all know LGA=$$$$. Secondly, I deadheaded a lot through LGA. Thirdly, I was drafted 5 times that month! Fourthly, did some test flights, repos, runups, and repositions in a busy MX base during the summer.
Worked my a$$ off, flew close to 110 hours, but was happy when the pay check came.
That is a high paycheck for a Colgan FO, usually, we are in the 95-110 hour credit range, but it can happen when you get a month like my August.
You had a great post on first year pay, once I get my overtime check for last month, I think I am going to try to break it down. I think it would be good to compare. |
These hours will NEVER happen if you're on the Saab. On the Beech, ABSOLUTELY. Seggy's living proof.
On a side note.....Dude, that's 
Sweet 141 pay credit...WOW!
Saab pilots are only allowed 100 flight hours per month....per the regs. I've never gotten 100 hours flight time in a month (I've avg. 80hrs/ month flight time). In fact, my BEST PAY credit month since I've been here was only 109 hours. That includes Holiday Pay, Deadhead time, Junior Manning, Under-Block credit, etc.... Basically every "additional credit" pay possible. So, I've gotten lucky. I've always been able to fly more than guarantee (75hrs/ month) but not by a large margin. Although, that being said, I'm not flying into LGA on a regular basis.....anyone going there typically does very well w/ the pay credits as previously discussed by the others.
