Originally Posted by
AlwaysWondering
Note that cadets stay on this salary until they are in their permanent base. Until then, they fly at their training base on the training salary. I know of one guy who didn't get his base until 7 months post line check pass. It's not unheard of for people to have 500 hours on type and still be at their training base on the training salary. So it's very much not '6 months max'. OTOH I know of people who've been sent to their permanent base within two months.
Me too, I think it's something like 99,9999999% of pilots, but I may be wrong.