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Originally Posted by PacMan4x4  PPRAG...
Thanks for the info....what are you doing these days? Weren't you going to Airnet; at least I thought I read that. Was this just a practice interview or were you actually looking at PenAir for employment? Was there any mention of pay/time off during the interview process-more so, the 121 side out of Anchorage? |
I'm still gonna do the Airnet, just waiting on time, need another 200TT then all is good. It was kinda a practice, though I thought about going to the bush.
The pay out of Anchorage is 11 and 11 ($1100 Per month Base, then $11 per flight hour) for the first year, then 12 and 12, then if you stick around after your training contract is over (2 years) your pay will go up substantially if you don't upgrade. The schedule is 4 on 3 off, home every night, and most guys don't fly on the 4th day. Guys are flying about 100hrs/mo
If you go to the bush you'll do a short stint (not more than a month or so if you have any time at all) in the Caravan as an FO at $80/day then into the saratoga at 18 and 18. After you upgrade into the Van you'll make 20 and 20, and have some additional pay benes, also your schedule is 2 weeks on 2 weeks off, fully CASS for every bush assignment.
Town Based Aircraft:
Saab 340s
Metros (I and II I think)
Saab 2000s, or Q400s will be online in the next couple of years
Bush Based:
Piper Saratogas
Caravans
Navajos
Turbine Navajos (That looks waaaaaaaaay fun)
Grumman Gooses (or Geese i guesss) though it would take an act of god to get into that
They pay during training ($8/hr during training) and training for the Saab lasts about 6-8 weeks not including sim school, bush ground is about 2-3 weeks.
EDIT: Ohh, and I forgot, there's fairly good movement into Alaska Airlines from PenAir