Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Flights and their crews

[Allan (allan]

My former CFO was with Comair from their first plane or 2.
That believe it or not, is pretty good.  Some guys at some
airlines are PAYING for their job.  That's right.  You pay $10k/year 
for the privilege of working.  Others get socked with really steep 
training costs that sometimes come out of their paycheck.

(IF you ignore the fact that there are paying passengers in the back, 
you're getting multiengine experience in a fairly complex type for less
than it costs to rent a Cessna at the FBO)


Incidentally, my buddy just put a plane in the drink here in sunny
California a few months ago.  They climbed out on the wing and 
waited for the coast guard.  Broken con-rod had seized the engine
up at 1000' over the Bay.  He did not look warm or happy on the 
news footage.  It was 75F here most of this week.  I hear that the Hudson
might be a little colder this time of year.

allan





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From: Rich <Rich355 [at] comcast.net>
To: allan [at] alum.mit.edu
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 9:07:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Flights and their crews

What you said is true, but not everyone can pass the many stages of testing 
that is required to be a Commercial ATP either.Remember that Com Air  Jet that 
crashed in  Kentucky 3 years ago killing 49 of the 50 people on board. The 
pilots took off on the wrong runway. Guess what Com Air pays its pilots of it's 
50 seat jets.( see link below) 7-11's in my area pay more to their HS dropouts 
that can't count change correctly.
Rich

      Company  Equipment  Position  Year  Pay Rate  Guarantee  Bids  Per Diem  
Per Bid Period  Per Year  
      Comair  Canadair 200  First Officer  1  $22.00  75 hours  12 / year  
$1.55 /hr  $1650  $19800