I have a good friend at Horizon who just let me know that Horizon is now hiring Q400 drivers and future E175 drivers. Still need a few more details from him but this is the preliminary stuff he told me. Not sure exactly how the visa stuff works, but it sounds like the company has and is willing to give them out. Over the past three years Horizons Upgrade times dropped from 8 years to less than one. I'll let you guys know what else I find out over the weekend. Probably should have waited to tell you all, but I'm sure there will be more good questions that I didn't think about.
- Four Canadians in the last F/O class
Junior Base is MFR
First year pay is $40/hr with 4.2hr min credit/day (better than Porter's 4hr min ).
20k signing bonus. 10k after line indoc (IOE), and 10k after 12 months.
Upgrades are down at the minimum 1000 Turbine. Might be a provision for DEC but need to hammer it out with the union? Not sure. First year Captain pay starts at $70/hr
Referral bonus of $3000 paid to referring pilot, half right away, half after IOE.
FAA commercial is a min with 1500hrs (unless you have military training or part 141 training). ATP training/licensing is done by the company.
All in all, first year F/O pay is approx 65k USD or approx $78k CAD (A first year Captain at Porter makes this).