So I decided to figure out some stats from the year I worked at a regional. Here they are:
- Pay: $24,427 hourly
- Per diem: $3,402
- Total: $27,829
- Average TOTAL Days spent at home on coach (including not flying on reserve): 16.2
- Average scheduled days off /month: 15.1 including 5 weeks after training of no flying
- Average scheduled days off /month: 13.8 not including the 5 week break (essentially the months spent flying the "line").
- Average "TAFB" or time away from base: 2,430 hours.
- Average time (in days) away from home/month (not including training): 8.4
- Average time (in days) away from home for the entire year including 6 weeks training: 142.8
- FAR block (flying time): 46:21 /month for the entire 12 months
- FAR block (flying time): 60:15 /month not including ground school and sim (essentially the average for months that I was flying the "line").
In the next year (assuming the bottom doesn't fall out here or in the industry) I expect to:
- FAR block ~80 hours/month
- Credit ~95 hours/month
- TAFB ~300 hours/month
This will result in (assuming we don't get the old contract back, which would result in a $5/hour raise):
- Pay: $40,336 hourly
- Per diem: $5,400
- Total: $45,736
Average Days off/month: 13.5
Side business income: ~$5,000
Total as a CFI the year prior: ~$27,500. Including side business: ~$32,000. Total flight hours as a CFI the year prior: 985. Average days off as a CFI: 8/month
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Wow that was depressing looking at that...
