Money Talk$$$

Apparently our EXCO has a list of guys who did $400k with us last year. All senior LCAs/SCAs (except one). Good for them, except I have to wonder how they were all able to consistently credit 140+ hours/month.

Yeah, I guess if you successfully volunteered and worked 5-10 days off per month here you could clear 400k as a senior 747 captain, but only 3-7 days at home per month would be rough. I am not going to comment on the way open time trips are awarded here lest I say something I regret. At the present time, I have minimal interest in working on my "days off". I am forced to do that enough involuntarily when I get a reserve line.
 
a mere eight days off a month

.....or for the last 5 years, a mere 4 days off a month, and the TRACON's too far from the cabin for commuting so the inlaws couch it is 5 nights a week (anyone in PTC got a spare room :eek:) The FAA ROCKS!!!!

96 more days, then my home life will be less than 30 days a year, but that's my doing to retire 4 years earlier. Sometimes ya gotta sacrifice.
 
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My advice has always been to set your budget at 70% of guarantee. That way, if big paycuts come along (and they always do eventually), you don't have to change anything in your life and you don't have start picking up gobs of open time to pay your bills.
What do you mean, there will never be another downturn in the industry!!!!!!111one

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Okay, Marcus. ;)
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.....or for the last 5 years, a mere 4 days off a month, and the TRACON's too far from the cabin for commuting so the inlaws couch it is 5 nights a week (anyone in PTC got a spare room :eek:) The FAA ROCKS!!!!

96 more days, then my home life will be less than 30 days a year, but that's my doing to retire 4 years earlier. Sometimes ya gotta sacrifice.
Do you have a golf cart yet? Tell me you have a golf cart.
 
Do you have a golf cart yet? Tell me you have a golf cart.

Absolutely NOT, and I wouldn't live in PTC if you paid me. The worst part of my 119.2 mile commute is the 14 from I-85 exit through PTC. Awful drivers and 3x's the traffic lights from when I arrived 17 years ago. Tyrone was a nice town, but the North Georgia mtns are awesome.

I also hear Baghdad is nice and I'll find out in about 100 days.

Hello retirement, goodbye Pretentioustree City
 
Absolutely NOT, and I wouldn't live in PTC if you paid me. The worst part of my 119.2 mile commute is the 14 from I-85 exit through PTC. Awful drivers and 3x's the traffic lights from when I arrived 17 years ago. Tyrone was a nice town, but the North Georgia mtns are awesome.

I also hear Baghdad is nice and I'll find out in about 100 days.

Hello retirement, goodbye Pretentioustree City

Yeah, I came down for the A80 open house about 3 weeks ago and it was a nightmare. I got to play controller for a bit; ATC material I am not.
Baghdad sounds... sandy. Although after googling it there are about 15 towns in the US named Baghdad too, so... I have no idea.
I actually studied Peachtree City in an urban geography class at KSU, apparently the new urbanists think 15mph is the 'ideal speed'. I just saw a bunch of fat rich white guys when I was down there. :biggrin:
 
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