Originally Posted by
Jerry Springer
Do you mind saying which airline that is with?
From what I saw an a website, the Regionals only pay about $40 an hour for an FO, with 75 hours guaranteed. So that’s only $3,000 a month. Or is that $40 on top of a base pay? Thanks again.
I fly for one of the regionals that is wholly owned by American Airlines, they require a green card.
I flew about 800 odd hours in my first year but created nearly double that in pay, plus per diem while away from base, Plus a $22k signing bonus.
Skywest is the best option for quick jet hours on an E3 visa and Piedmont is a better option for AA travel benefits and better pay and quicker upgrade, plus if you can eventually get yourself a green card (somehow) you’re in the queue already to flow through to mainline AA, thought Piedmont is severely backlogged in training and guys are taking 4-8 months to hit the line after starting.