AC pay rates
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AC pay rates
I was looking through the AC collective agreement and see the various pay calculations (weight, speed, basic, nav, night..etc) but I couldn't see an actual combined pay scale anywhere. Is there a published, blended hourly rate that includes all of the above or do you just have to calculate it yourself from each individual section?
Re: AC pay rates
ACPA has the pay charts, but there are not in the forced contract.
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Do you need to be a member and log in to get that? I don’t see it on the public page.
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Re: AC pay rates
Is it though?
2nd year AC pay is less than 2nd year Swoop pay.
Don’t underestimate how bad flat pay is
2nd year AC pay is less than 2nd year Swoop pay.
Don’t underestimate how bad flat pay is
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Yeah it is misguided.
The "flat" pay needs to be improved, there is no argument, but it's a long game... and if all you can afford on $60K or $70K/year plus a $10K profit share is KD, then you're making some bad choices... or maybe get off the 9 day RP sked and take an upgrade if you're that financially challenged...
You know when "flat" pay was really bad was when it didn't matter how much you worked, draft, OT, whatever and you made $38K a year... that was where the "flat" in the term "flat" pay came from... it really was flat...
The "flat" pay needs to be improved, there is no argument, but it's a long game... and if all you can afford on $60K or $70K/year plus a $10K profit share is KD, then you're making some bad choices... or maybe get off the 9 day RP sked and take an upgrade if you're that financially challenged...
You know when "flat" pay was really bad was when it didn't matter how much you worked, draft, OT, whatever and you made $38K a year... that was where the "flat" in the term "flat" pay came from... it really was flat...
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I'll HAPPILY take the pay cut from Express capt to flat pay RP, work 9 days a month and pull $60k. Better than the $75k I make now working 16-18 days a month.
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When you mean "bad choices" do you mean:altiplano wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 8:56 pm Yeah it is misguided.
The "flat" pay needs to be improved, there is no argument, but it's a long game... and if all you can afford on $60K or $70K/year plus a $10K profit share is KD, then you're making some bad choices... or maybe get off the 9 day RP sked and take an upgrade if you're that financially challenged...
You know when "flat" pay was really bad was when it didn't matter how much you worked, draft, OT, whatever and you made $38K a year... that was where the "flat" in the term "flat" pay came from... it really was flat...
1) paying for pilot training & possibly university and graduating with student loans
2) then getting your first job making food stamp rates
3) then finally making a decent wage as a skipper but then making the "jump" to AC
4) to be on reserve in Toronto & Vancouver which are among the most expensive cities in the world. But hey you're making $75k a year, after 2 to 3 years
5) or commute at the airline with no commuter policy
In hindsight, you might have a point here...hence why we have a pilot shortage particular in the US as young people decided it was a "bad choice" and did something else
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Don't let facts get in the way of your indignation or entitlement.
You are still earning above the median household incomes for the region/country... and you only have to manage it for a couple years... it goes up steeply So, yeah, poor choices if all you can afford is KD on $70K a year.
I'm not defending it, I've been there... but to equate KD and food stamps is ridiculous.
You are still earning above the median household incomes for the region/country... and you only have to manage it for a couple years... it goes up steeply So, yeah, poor choices if all you can afford is KD on $70K a year.
https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/2017-09- ... elease.pdfHousehold income is the sum of the total incomes of all members of a household. In the City
of Vancouver, median household income increased from $47,299 in 2005, to $65,327 in 2015
for a 38% gain. This is compared to a median household income of $72,662 across Metro
Vancouver region and $70,336 for all Canadian households. In 2015, median income for one person
households was $38,449 in the City of Vancouver, and only slightly lower at $38,164
for Metro Vancouver.
I'm not defending it, I've been there... but to equate KD and food stamps is ridiculous.
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And here I just wanted to see AC’s pay scales. Can somebody post them?
No need to argue about who pays worse. It’s all bad
No need to argue about who pays worse. It’s all bad
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https://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/air ... air_canada
Pretty dated info. But generally can give you a ball park idea.
Some rates are off as much as 8 to 10 bucks and hour. But some are close enough (2 bucks)
Pretty dated info. But generally can give you a ball park idea.
Some rates are off as much as 8 to 10 bucks and hour. But some are close enough (2 bucks)
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Why is it so secretive when the pay rates and contracts for jazz, Sunwing, Transat, etc are readily available?
Re: AC pay rates
Like everything at AC; it's complicated, not necessarily secretive.
Your pay is not purely based on an hourly rate, it is broken down to the minute. Each month has a different DBM. There are day/night differences, step differences, Overseas premium (some a/c), Navigation premium (some a/c), AVO premium opportunities, flat pay v formulae, FO rates based on a percentage of Captain hourly, passport allowance, shoe allowance, ART once a year, Sim pay (every six months or eight months depending rouge v mainline, vacation pay.
You need to be a forensic account to figure out if you have paid correctly, and every pilot has a unique set of circumstances.
IMO the complicated pay is by design as most guys won't go through their expenses and pay to ensure correctness. I was finding around $150/month in expense errors for years. $1500/year times 4000 pilots gets to be a pretty big number, pretty fast.
Your pay is not purely based on an hourly rate, it is broken down to the minute. Each month has a different DBM. There are day/night differences, step differences, Overseas premium (some a/c), Navigation premium (some a/c), AVO premium opportunities, flat pay v formulae, FO rates based on a percentage of Captain hourly, passport allowance, shoe allowance, ART once a year, Sim pay (every six months or eight months depending rouge v mainline, vacation pay.
You need to be a forensic account to figure out if you have paid correctly, and every pilot has a unique set of circumstances.
IMO the complicated pay is by design as most guys won't go through their expenses and pay to ensure correctness. I was finding around $150/month in expense errors for years. $1500/year times 4000 pilots gets to be a pretty big number, pretty fast.
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First 4 years of misery
02-Apr-18
guaranteed up to 75 monthly block hours Year Monthly
Status of svc Rate
FO 01 4,416.00 $
FO 02 4,828.50 $
FO 03 5,502.75 $
FO 04 6,162.00 $
02-Apr-18
guaranteed up to 75 monthly block hours Year Monthly
Status of svc Rate
FO 01 4,416.00 $
FO 02 4,828.50 $
FO 03 5,502.75 $
FO 04 6,162.00 $