Originally Posted by
Another Pilot
in saying that most turbo prop operators aren’t paying for ATP
- Silver Airways as mentioned above
- Connect Airways (WMA)
- Ravn Alaska
To name a few …. I am sure there are few others that we don’t know of as of now.
*** Question for regional guys who are already flying in US ***
Also with regionals with $50 an hour at 75 hours min pay guarantee makes you $3750 a month… take home after tax and insurance is $2600 approx.
Is this survivable salary? Are people struggling with rising cost of living as the salaries aren’t going up at regionals for now?
Most regionals are paying a bonus in the first year, eg. Gojet is 20k paid monthly no strings attached. During training and for an extra month afterwards hotel accom is covered, which all helps in the first year. Not sure exact details of PSA/Skywest/C5 etc. Once flying realistically you're going to be crediting more than min guarantee (Typical credit window for lineholders is over 85 hours) and per diems do help too, typically $4-800/month. I think as a rule of thumb most use 1000xmin guarantee.
Commuting is very easy here too so you could avoid the most expensive places.
Year 2-3 you're already looking at an upgrade or moving onto a LCC etc. with a large bump in hourly.