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Originally Posted by schoolio
The other end of the spectrum:
I'm a will-fly this month, and I won't break guarantee here in IAH. My paycheck is in the $670 range after fed & state taxes and 401k (not counting per diem). I don't do the health insurance (my wifes insurance is better). So tack on another few hundred bucks for per diem and my take home works out to around $1500. I made almost as much flipping burgers at Six Flags in 1995.
Granted I haven't been as aggressive as some of the other guys as far as trying to fly, but even if I had, my calculations say that I may have just barely broken guarantee (less than 10 hours over).
If it wasn't for my wife's job (she's a nurse), I'd have to go back on active duty to pay the bills.
Sounds like you're doing good in trying to plan. Just realize that while some guys are bringing home nearly $2K a paycheck first year by picking up trips and what not, us guys on reserve aren't being utilized as much and are bringing home guarantee.
Good luck with your decision.
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I'm on reserve and the only month I got paid guarantee was the month I did IOE, after that Ive managed to go way over guarantee every single month. There is work if you want it. You can pretty much make your own schedule by using the aggressive pick up window. For all of you new hires reading this, know this much, you can either sit around and wait for crew scheduling to call you on your reserve days to assign you a trip (this is how you'll probably never go over guarantee) or you can call the day before your reserve days start and pick up a trip thats is available on open time (basically creating your own schedule). By doing this I have managed to consistently build my self a line value of over 90 hrs a month. I haven't had a problem making end meat since I've been here. Hell, I've actually been able to put some change in the ol' savings account.