Originally Posted by
flyer4life
Thanks for clarifying. I still can’t get to your salary figure of $495k. Using your example months, I see an annual 1038hrs x $352 gives $365k.
I’m curious as I’ve been considering immigration (a close to impossible task) for some time now but wasn’t sure it would be worth the initial step backwards to regional jet and FO again. But I didn’t realise salaries in your range were achievable.
If he gets 100hrs credit every month at $352, add 16% DC (pension plan) and add 8% PS:
1200 x 352 = $422.400
DC @ 16% = $67.584
PS @ 8% = $33.792
total $522K
That would require 30+ years at the company, because he is a senior WB captain at a legacy, but definitely possible, and that is without any premium flying (200%), last year DL was short in the A350 captain category, and a few made close to a million.
On the other hand, when Sully got his AMES rating he made $125/hr as an 18(?) rear captain at UsAir after the bankruptcy took more than half their pay and most of their pension, and many got furloughed for a decade.
The highs are high, the lows are low....
For another perspective, I am a captain at an ULCC, been there 6 years, work 15 days average (normal schedule), blocked about 800hrs, not much premium. Including company pension contribution I made $270K.