Originally Posted by
RickSanchez
So I've found a couple of contracts.
Is it fairly correct to assume that there is a minimum hour per month guarantee for entry level pilots...
Yes. In the DL contract an "entry level pilot" is defined as one who has not completed OE so is technically still in training. Once OE is complete ( released to line), if on reserve that pilot gets the reserve guarantee hours for the equipment he's on. If on a regular line (roster), he gets whatever that line pays at first year hourly rate (it may pay more than a reserve guarantee depending on how much one flies). In this case, $108.34/hour as that's first year rate for all equipment.
The reserve guarantee pays XX hours/month even if you never set foot in the airport all month long. My son is a B717 F/O on reserve by choice and flies very little. But his buddy on the A320 gets worked like a rented mule...in the same base. Lots of variation.
Contacts are complicated things.