Bob's Paycheck

[ExpressJet_Bob]

OK... a lot of questions regarding pay lately...

So, I thought... what the heck... I'll post my paycheck and see if you guys have any questions.



Remember... I'm a 2 year FO making about $34/hr. Click on the attached image below to get my pay stub from June, about halfway through the year. You can see that I am on par to make about $34,000+ for the year.... and that's with me flying less time than my co-horts.

This particular month my line was valued at 97 hours and this is my mid-month check. We get paid twice a month at XJT... the 1st and the 15th.

My take home pay is not as much as it could be since I put 20% into my 401k each paycheck.

Anyway... there ya go!

Bob

[JeffA_AE]

Bob,

On your pay stub, I see you have recieved $1188.95 for profit sharing. I know how profit sharing works in standard retail environments, but how does this apply to XJT, and what actions can pilots take to increase the amount of profit sharing they get?

Thanks,
Jeff

PS, if this question has been answered somewhere else in the forum, please accept my apology for not looking. I am on vacation in the Bavarian Alps now (FREAKIN' AWESOME!!), and my internet availability is somewhat limited! Thanks again!

[JeremyY_TX]

I don't see "Attachment" anywhere though.


OH There it is duh!! I can't see anything under 10 point font I guess hehe.

[ExpressJet_Bob]

Jeff,

The profit sharing is just that... It's a percentage of the total profit that is shared with the employees that has been negotiated in your contract.

Not all airlines have profit sharing...
Not all airlines make a profit...

How can you as a pilot help with profit?

- Taxi on one engine to conserve fuel
- Don't start the APU early when coming in on approach... if at all. It may not even be needed. This saves fuel as well.
- Stick the the climb and descent profiles that the company requests... this saves fuel.
- If you are filed for FL330 for 2 hours... and the winds are OK at FL370, then you can request a climb to FL370... this saves fuel too.
- Be on time...
- Customer service... retail or aviation... it's still priority one. Keep them wanting to come back.

Notice most of our issues are fuel savings... well, unless you've lived under a log this past year you know how much fuel is, and how it can make or break an airline... So that's the primary thing.

Jeff... The friggin' Alps!!!! That's awesome!

Jeremy... Glad you found the link! Do I have to report your lack of acute vision to your AME???

Bob

[TayoA_TX16]

ok i have a question here, if your flight gets canceled due to weather, do you still get paid? or how doe sthis work in X-jet?

[ExpressJet_Bob]

Based on our negotiated contract... We are Pay-Protected for our trip once we start it.

So... for example... let's say we start a 4 day trip worth 22 hours of flight time... and two legs totalling 6 hours of flight time get cancelled... then we still get paid the 6 hours for those legs.

However, we also get paid if we go "over" our scheduled block time. So... let's say we are departing on a leg blocked for 2:30... now let's say we had to wait 25 minutes for takeoff due to ATC/weather-enroute and then we had to hold for 30 minutes prior to landing at IAH... So we land 55 minutes over block... now we have 55 minutes of additional pay or "overs" that we would add to the 22 hours of the original pairing.

So now our pairing value just jumped to 22:55 even though we had 6 hours dropped due to a cancellation.

Does that make sense?

Bob

[ChrisD_NY5]

Hi Bob -Quick question - What is the "FLT PAY BAL" income line on your paystub? Looking at the YTD (and the amt you received in this check) it would appear that you don't typically receive this amount...Just wondering what it is attributed to...

Thanks!

[ExpressJet_Bob]

Hi Chris,

Welcome to the forums! I do hope you take a moment and introduce yourself in the main forum. I see you've been lurking around since February!

To answer your question...

FLT PAY BAL = Flight Pay Balance for any hours each month flown over our 75 hour monthly guarantee.

You can see the "Regular Earning" column is 37.5 hours which is half of 75. Since we get paid twice a month... each check is for 37.5 hours. Any hours flown over 75 get thrown into the "FLT PAY BAL" column and those hours come to us in our mid-month paycheck.

In this particular check my FLT PAY BAL is 22 hours. So that means that the previous month I flew 75 hours + 22 hours over my guarantee for a total of 97 hours. So my pay is adjusted accordingly.

I hope I explained that OK... does that make sense?

Bob

[JeremyY_TX]

Bob,
Any chance of seeing what a recently upgraded Captain's paycheck looks like?

[ExpressJet_Bob]

I'll see what I can do for you...

Bob