Jazz is the highest paying airline

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:25 pm

I am rather bored right now, because I'm sitting around my parent's house on reserve (I commute). Then a thought crossed my head. I am perhaps one of the most highly paid professionals in aviation right now. I make $2900/month, and I have worked 16 hours in the past month. That equals $181/hr. Don't you widebody AC skippers wish you got my pay.

Do any of you do anything decent on reserve? I guess life would be easier if I was actually at home.

Dockjock · Post by **Dockjock** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:30 pm

Well if you're that bored, figure this one out for me.

A pilot makes $2900/month. He is on reserve all month and doesn't fly one day. What is his hourly pay?

See, I'm stumped. $2900/0=ERROR ERROR PROGRAM NOT RESPONDING END NOW? YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO END A NON RESPONSIVE PROGRAM SEND ERROR REPORT?

Then I smash my monitor and go suck my thumb....

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:31 pm

You have got the right idea very early in your career. It is all about quality of life. Just divide the number of days per month you work into your salary and you won't chase that upgrade to left seat anytime soon . A senior F/O makes a lot more per day than a junior Capt who works all month.
Every CEO of the Canadian Establishment said "if I had it to do it over again ,I would have spent more time with my family". That's something we can all do; especially on reserve.
Granted it is pretty bad sitting in a crash pad on RSV but once you get to your home base Rsv is great (provided there is adequate coverage) .You can put it lots of quality sweat equity time on your projects while the company sends money.
You also get offered much better trips than you can hold and then "there's sick if required"
The principal cause of man's despair is his pursuit of happiness!!!

Captain Esq. · Post by **Captain Esq.** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:57 pm

Lets see. I make $5000/month, and I've flown 4 hours in the past month and a half. So that means I'm making $1875/hour of flight. And I want to leave this for Jazz? Shall I give my head a shake?

C/E

bcflyer · Post by **bcflyer** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:34 pm

At Jazz a senior F/O may make more a day than a Junior Captain, but at the end of the year when you look at T-4'S there is no comparison. Sitting reserve isn't all its cracked up to be. Always walking around with a cell phone or a pager. Can't really make any concrete plans because you might not be around, if you don't fly you are giving up about $450-500 in pay and about 650-800 in perdiems every month.. I'm in the bottom half as an F/O and only work 12-14 days a month, no pager, no cell phone. I know when I'm going to be and when I'm going to be there. I used to be on reserve and am glad to be rid of it!!! Of course we don't have "sick if required" either....

gr8gazu · Post by **gr8gazu** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:36 pm

Kind of sad you blokes count per diem as pay....

My dreams always included what I could do with and for my kids rather than sitting around home gloating about not having to do what I supposedly love to do and having no money to do anything.

Yeah, I'll give up my life to satisfy my deprived ego any day......NOT!!

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:29 am

For those that got confused: my original post was supposed to be tongue in cheek. I'm really bored sitting on reserve away from home and I don't actually think I'm the highest paid pilot in Canada. Sorry for the confusion this may have caused.

I guess the only thing worse than a forum post for conveying subtle humour is sending a quasi humourous ACARS message (no emocons)

Percey · Post by **Percey** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:47 am

Why do pilots complain about everything?

spoiler · Post by **spoiler** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:48 am

Bede wrote:For those that got confused: my original post was supposed to be tongue in cheek. I'm really bored sitting on reserve away from home and I don't actually think I'm the highest paid pilot in Canada. Sorry for the confusion this may have caused.

Just so you know, I thought it was hillarious.

Jaques Strappe · Post by **Jaques Strappe** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:35 am

Bede

I thought it was an excellent post. Nice to see some humour once in awhile. I can't see how anyone could have missed that!

WJ700 · Post by **WJ700** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:19 am

I managed to sit on rsv in YHZ for almost 3 months of winter once. I got so much done around the house it was awesome.... then crew sked called and said 'but you have to fly, you won't be current' and off I went for a severe clear day and started the cycle over again. I'm one of those guys that loves reserve.

bcflyer · Post by **bcflyer** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:24 am

Don't worry I caught the humor in the original post,

my post was more in respose to another posting a little farther down...

Big Pistons Forever · Post by **Big Pistons Forever** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:17 pm

Sick if required ? What's that ?

North Shore · Post by **North Shore** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:02 pm

That equals $181/hr.

Hah!
T4 = ~$72K Logbook hours flown = 183.5 Division = $392/hr

I win!

Do I get a prize?

Axial Flow · Post by **Axial Flow** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:22 pm

You have to live in YTH for the summer to get that though NorthShore

That is a deduction that does not come off the pay cheque

Jaques Strappe · Post by **Jaques Strappe** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:41 am

Big Pistons Forever wrote:Sick if required ? What's that ?

Lets say that you are the third from the bottom of a reserve list and do not want to go flying due to a cold or flu or fatigue or something but at the same time, do not want to burn up sick days.

SICK IF REQUIRED will only dock you a sick day if infact on that day, they got down to you. So if you take 5 days off as "sick if required" it may only cost you one sick day or none.

ypph · Post by **ypph** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:16 pm

its great to finally see some people who are happy with their job, good one bede

man do like a lot of people do and play that bloody game golf, i find ita good way to kill some hours, get a bit of exercise (cough) and catch up with mates.

currently on 18dayz off between trips so doing a lot of that! hahaha but get smashed at the end, 17dayz out of 26 on the road covering the rice bowl and india.
Gideeup!!!

Leslie · Post by **Leslie** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:34 pm

i am thinking about going to jazz to be in yyz. however i am taking a huge pay cut at the first. i am wondering what the pay scale is for f/a's?? tks

swervin · Post by **swervin** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 8:44 pm

Leslie wrote:i am thinking about going to jazz to be in yyz. however i am taking a huge pay cut at the first. i am wondering what the pay scale is for f/a's?? tks

$19 - $22 an hour. Probably around $1000 a month take home.

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