Originally Posted by
JT12345
If it was a CA at max pay it would be,
$218/TFP hr x 408 TFP hours = 89k for July.
TFP is slighty different than typical credit hours. Most pilots in the U.S. know it is close to pay hours. TFP is approxiamtly 12% to 14% of credit hours. Just apples to oranges.
Seems like a lot of guys want the widebody international. I get it. Just be careful what you wish for. The grass may or may not be greener.
This kinda of thing is not as aparrent when all you do is look at pay scales.
Thats pretty darn good for a 737 CA. Most likely a one off month though with some vacation buyback then picking up trips or something.. But still very good. I've heard of guys cracking 500k at SWA although you have to be senior and have basically no life at home to do it. Apparently at Delta one MD88 Capt in ATL was over 700k
I was thinking about coming to emirates, but the pay is just not there for me. They are nowhere near what the Chinese airlines are offering in terms of pay and schedules. I could make at ups/delta/fedex/swa as a year 2 or 3 FO what their top captains make. (not counting the free housing or limo service or education allowance). That along with them blocking around 100 hrs a month every month is just too much work for not enough pay. If they don't have recruitment and retention problems now, surely they will in the next few years if they don't alter their pay and quality of life as the global pilot shortage ramps up.