why is the payscale between two companies so different?

[gotWXdagain]

What they need are king airs. Can be used in 135 to carry 9 passengers and burn less fuel than the 1900s. The problem with 402s in DEN are the mountains. Don't think they want to hand oxygen to every passenger so they can go over 10,000ft. A T-prop does provide an extra bit of safety and the pressurization helps a ton.

That could work, but is there a pressurized turbo twin piston in the 9-10 pax range? I feel like a turboprop would likely be too expensive to operate.

 

[Deleted member 27505]

Ah, but that is where the money is. That's why my 50 hours of flying a month gets me 100 hours of pay... Yall keep working harder, I'll work smarter.

I didn't say complexity is the enemy of money grubbers. Au contraire... I said complexity is the enemy of the good.
If you derive satisfaction from the acquisition of filthy lucre by means of gaming purposefully obfuscated and convoluted "systems", might I suggest you would demonstrate your sophistication more completely by pursuing law or banking rather than flying; Your "smart" efforts would be significantly more fully remunerated.

 

[derg]

I didn't say complexity is the enemy of money grubbers. Au contraire... I said complexity is the enemy of the good.
If you derive satisfaction from the acquisition of filthy lucre by means of gaming purposefully obfuscated and convoluted "systems", might I suggest you would demonstrate your sophistication more completely by pursuing law or banking rather than flying; Your "smart" efforts would be significantly more fully remunerated.

I think you forgot the "smiley" denoting sarcasm.

If we're just paid straight time, otherwise time simply spent in the seat, you're opening a pandora's box of inefficient scheduling.

If the ability to deadhead me from Detroit to Amsterdam for $0, then to have me fly a repo flight from Amsterdam to Paris for 90 minutes, lay me over and then deadhead me back to Detroit, meanwhile I've been gone for four days (rest rules) and I'm basically making 90 minutes for four days of being on the road.

Last year I flew about 600 hours, but I've collectively been for 90 full days away from home, but I've been paid a little over 1000 hours. That a a relatively fair exchange!