Triple-pay for pilots

A regional air carrier is now offering to pay its pilots three times the regular rate to work on their days off in an effort to address staff shortages. ABC News’ Rhiannon Ally has more.

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38 thoughts on “Triple-pay for pilots

  1. I’m a commercial pilot.

    We have a FTL flight time limitation which is a hard limit that cannot be exceeded. FTL is there to prevent overworking and ensuring enough rest for pilots.

    Triple pay sounds a lot but there’s limited hours we can do actually. Let’s say we have a FTL of 900 hours annually. That’s 75 hours per month on average. If we are already rostered to fly 70 hours on that month. We really have extra 5 hours of work that can be done, and UP TO 3x pay. That’s 10-15% extra pay for that month if you ever choose to sacrifice your time with the family and friends. It’s not the entire take home pay tripled.

    And this is not a permanent scheme. This is an ad hoc scheme. It will end as soon as the rush season ends.

    It just sounds a lot. But I’m monetary terms, some pilots will make extra 3-5000 dollars in the coming 2 months. That’s it.

  2. The airlines create their own disasters. If they I don’t have the resources to fly the people, don’t sell the seat tickets. Yes, cap it. (Duh)

  3. Sleep. Do not underestimate the power of sleep. The necessity of rest, relaxation and sleep. I don’t want to fly with a pilot that might be overworked or even slightly stressed. These men and women should be treated great but they need rest and relaxation between shifts.

  4. People SERIOUSLY need to blame themselves, should've DONE research prior to ANY holiday flight plans. Especially NOW that airlines are experiencing staffing shortages. Come on people, DO YOUR DAMN RESEARCH BEFOREHAND.

  5. Why do they keep blaming bad weather? It's summer time. Yes storms develop in summer heat but they can easily go around them. There's no 1500 mile long squall lines crossing the country. No icy runways. No blizzards. Blame themselves for firing people.

  6. Higher fares everyone? I doubt the corporate executives are taking the pay cuts. Honestly, why offer available flights when they don't have the pilots to fly the planes? People make vacation or business trip plans. I'd rather see fewer flights available versus having multiple flights that you think are available but end up being cancelled.

  7. Triple pay!? No let them off!!! That's insane to be overworking somebody who's job is so important. They have people lives in their hands and that shouldn't be taken lightly.

  8. Triple pay is cool and all but what about the ramp agents and mechanics who are working non-stop for 6-10 hours at a time 24/7, 365 days a year. Increased pay won’t help pilot shortage either. I’ve been flying since 16 and now it’s far too expensive to become a pilot without being generously wealthy, not to mention it takes years sometimes even decades to get to where those pilots are.

  9. Sounds like people who need a job should focus on a career as a pilot rather than fight for McDonald's to pay $60 an hour

  10. Be aware, per federal regulations, pilots are limited to fly up to 100 hours per month and 1000 hours per year. And even during weeks, they're limited to 32 hours. (and there is a bunch of other limitations depending on how many flight hours they do within 24 consecutive hours).

    So their days off are there as conservative estimates of how many days the pilots were going to fly, considering the days off of all other pilots within a specific fleet. At no point, safety will be jeopardized because of the regulations.

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