Originally Posted by
Flocks
I m right to day in USA they use some factors hours for there salary ?
meaning you can fly 500hr real hours a year but be paid 1200hr factors hours (depending night shift, or difficult trip or some rules I don't know, ...)
So at the end, an usa CPT paid xxx$/hr is in fact paid much more per real hour.
I am correct ?
Nothing like this in Europe that I m aware of.
The way I understand pilot salaries in the US is that they are paid an hourly rate with a minimum guarantee of usually around 70-75 hours per month. So if they work 50 hours, they get paid for 70. If they work 80, they get paid for 80. Some also have overtime rates for hours worked over a certain amount. There are also rate increases for international duties and per diems on top. I can’t imagine that a pilot often works less than the minimum guarantee except in periods of economic downturn. At which point US pilots will get furloughed. No pay, but get to keep their seniority when called back to work.