Dongsung Career Assignment 2023 (2)

Airline Flight Operations 2023 Career Pathways Tool Name _Dongsung Kang_______(I certify this is my own work, required for credit) Date___July, 22, 2023___ Objective: Identify your projected career path; and start to put together everything you will need to achieve your career goals and identify gaps or areas you have yet to fulfill and outline how you will plan to gain the required experience. Part 1. Based on your research of The Grid at AEROCREW NEWS and other publications-What are the current signing bonuses (if any) for these Airlines? Go to ACN Grid - Aero Crew News select the airline and scroll down where it says the grid and click on the pay details to see bonuses. Here is an example: 1. Envoy: $ 100,000 to pilots with 950 hours, $75,000 to pilots with 500-949 hours 2. Endeavor: up to $40,000 1

3. PSA: up to $150,000 in bonuses, $30,000 at the end of captain training, $70,000 at flow to American airlines, up to an additional $50,000 when flow to American based on YOS 4. United: None 5. American: None 6. Delta: N/A 7. SkyWest: up to $40,000 in bonuses, $7,500 bonus for pilots with current turbojet rating is available upon completion of IOR, and to military pilots 8. Air Wisconsin: - first officer bonuses up to $73,000 5k upon completion of first officer IOE 17K upon completion of CA upgrade IOE 17K 6 months after CA upgrade IOE 17K 12 months after CA upgrade IOE 17k 18 months after CA upgrade IOE Captain qualified $150,000 new hire bonus 24K upon completion of captain IOE 42k 6 months after IOE 42k 12 months after IOE 42k 18 months after IOE 9. Republic: $1000 after OE $1000 first pay check $2000 after 12 months $2000 after 24 months $5000 after 36 months $6000 after 48 months 10. Sprit: None Part 2: You will select your top 3 regional and major airline or cargo to create and complete your own career path Grid excel assignment. Paste here or attach as a separate file. You will determine the top 10 categories which are important to you. Compare airlines here ACN Grid - Aero Crew News In structions: Using the example or the table (above) provided, create your own excel sheet grid and attach it to the drop box in excel format. Must include a minimum of your top 3 regional airlines and Major or Cargo/Freight to compare , with a minimum of 10 categories such as Cpt and first officer pay, signing bonuses, per diem, bases, equip, time to upgrade, etc. You will need to access the current AeroCrewNews Grid to research the information needed for each Airline. To find detailed information select your airline and then scroll down and select The Grid for detailed info such as perdiem. or use the grid. 5 points -First- select your top 10 attributes which are important to you and your quality of life as you choose an airline. 2

o Commuter Policy o Union o Contract negotiations o Age of fleet o Size of fleet o Time to upgrade. o Seniority of Bases o Per diem Pay o Minimum monthly guarantee pay. o Company culture/employee moral o Equipment I could fly. o Pilot Retirements o Paid Training o Paid Uniform or Headset o Minimum days of o Sick pay o Vacation pay/days. o Profit Sharing o Overtime pay rate. o Other (Please Specify) Part 3. Next Step- To Create your Career Pathways Tool grid, you will create two excel or other spreadsheet/tables for your top 3 regional and top 3 Major airlines. using the top 10 attributes you selected above. . You can use the sample to get you started. Customize (add/delete) columns based on what is important to you. For example, you may only want to look at airlines with bases in Chicago, or you need to pay of student loans so you are looking for signing bonuses or higher pay, or you may be looking for shortest time to upgrade to captain so that you can move to major airline sooner, or you may find that a flow through program is important. Although this course focuses on Airlines, you can add Cargo/Freight to your grid if that is your desired career path. You will need to access the current Grid at AeroCrewNews and register with them. You will access the pay and benefits grid on their website ACN Grid - Aero Crew News you can also use other online sources (LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Airline Pilot Central, Paysa) to research the information needed for the Regional Airline grid comparison. This will allow you to create your own mini planning tool for your top 3-5 competing companies such as this example: Navigating the career path choices Example only- You make your own categories based on your selections above. Regionals First year pay Signing bonus 401k Health benefits Perdiem pay Min monthly guarantee pay Min days of Sick pay Vacation/pay days 4

Endeavor $100 $40k 100% match 1-5=3% 5-10=5% 10-20=8% 20+=12.5 % Pilots pay 35% (m) pilot pays 25% (d) $2.15 75 12 n/a 150% or 200% envoy $90 $100k 950+ $75k 500- 949 1-4=50% of 7% 5-9=75% of 7% 15- 19=87.5% of 8% 20+=100% of 8% 34% n/a 72 12 can be reduced to 8 3.9 per day 200% Air Wisconsin $60.90 $73k 3-4%=1% 5-6%=2% 7%=3% 8%= 9%=5% 25% $1.80 75 12 n/a Up to 300% delta $108.34 n/a 16% 22% $2.85 dom $3.35 international 72 12,13,14 4 n/a united $95.88 none 20% 20% $2.65 dom and $3.10 international 73 12 n/a 150% spirit $93.35 none 15% $138 per month to $753 per month $2.25+2 cents per year 72 12 or 13 n/a 200% Paste your completed Grids here or upload to the drop box as a separate file. 13.-22.- My Regional Airline Grid- 23.-32. points- My Major Airline Grid- 5

Flight hour pay per hour x actual block time $105x 82 $8,610 a month usd PLUS Perdiem rate per hour $1.90 x monthly time away from base (TAFB) 392 $744.88- Total monthly pay $9.352.80 37 . Airline A. is Delta (Approximate) First Year hourly pay FO (Payrate x 86 hours X 12) =$__________ 111,806.88 ___________plus 326 hours of perdiem x perdiem rate (aero crew News grid) x 12=$________ 11,149.2 __________ total = First year pay $____ 122,956.08 _____________ plus any signing bonuses $__________ 0_ ______________ = $- _______ 122,956.08 _______________Total. MY SOURCE FOR THIS INFORMATION WAS: 38. Delta- Top year Captain pay (Payrate x 86 hours X 12________ 430,901.28 ____________plus 326 hours of perdiem x perdiem rate x 12______ 11,149.2 ____________ total. Plus 100 total yearly hours overtime pay overage is paid at 150-200 % (see aero crew news grid)____ 83,508 ______ plus hourly and domestic perdiem, + $____ 525,558.48 _ ______yearly total. MY SOURCE FOR THIS INFORMATION WAS 39. Airline B . Endeavor (Approximate) First Year hourly pay FO (Payrate x 86 hours X 12) =$_______ 103,200 _____________plus 326 hours of perdiem x perdiem rate (aero crew News grid) x 12=$________ 8410.8 __________ total = First year pay $_______ 111610.8 __________ plus any signing bonuses $_______ 40000 __ _______________ = $- _______ 151610.8 _ ______________Total. MY SOURCE FOR THIS INFORMATION WAS-. 40. How does Endeavor Direct Entry Captain program compensate for experience when they hire new pilots? http://www.edvpilotpay.com/calculator.php 41. Airline C- Piedmont- Top year Captain pay (Payrate x 86 hours X 12________ 220590 _ ___________plus 326 hours of perdiem x perdiem rate x 12_______ 6650.4 ___________ total. Plus 100 total yearly hours overtime pay overage is paid at 150-200 % (see aero crew news grid) +____ 64125 ______ plus hourly and domestic perdiem, + $___ 291,365.4 ________yearly total. 42. Top year Captain pay at United (Payrate x 86 hours X 12________ 381282.72 ____________plus 326 hours of perdiem x perdiem rate x 12_______ 10366.8 ____________ total. Plus 100 total yearly hours overtime pay overage is paid 7

at 150-200 % (see aero crew news grid)+____ 73892 _______ plus hourly and domestic perdiem, + $____ 465,541.52 _______yearly total. 43. According to the recent Aero Crew News the grid - The current top yearly base pay for a first officer in the US is...___________ 119,000 _______________________. Note: each airline has a minimum monthly guarantee (MMG) usually 72-80 hours a month meaning you will get paid at least this amount even if you do not actually fly this amount. (This does not include the actual hours flown, Per Diem, signing bonus, referral bonus, overtime open time pay, holiday pay, etc.). 44. The current top yearly base pay for a PART 121 AIRLINE (NOT CARGO) major airline captain in the US is..._____ 346,636 ________________ (this is only the guaranteed hourly pay, this does not include per Diem, overtime, open time, holiday pay or the actual time flown during the month.) Source- 45. Most airline Pilots get 12-19 days of a month. It is not uncommon for pilots to pick up extra trips which are called open time. This is a great way to increase entry level earnings. Open time is usually paid at ______ 100 ____________% of hourly pay. Source- 46. Calculate your yearly total pay for American Airlines under the following conditions.  Captain Hourly rate: $323.04  Minimum Monthly Guarantee (MMG)- 72 hours  Actual Line Hours flown monthly 82.  Time Away from Base (TAFB) -380 hours a month  Per Diem Pay- 2.30 an hour  Open Time Flow monthly- 10 hours each month  Open time pay 150% Total yearly pay would be $___________ 347741.76 ______________________. Source- 47. Detail- What are the top 5 signing bonus amounts at all the current regional airlines listed in Aero Crew News. Source- This is from (which month) publication OF aero crew news or other source_____________________________________. a. PSA b. Go Jet c. Piedmont d. Air Wisconsin 8