Do Pilot get paid on layover's?

Question

Say you fly from bwi to lax then lax to slc. Will you get paid just for just flying hours OR do you get paid during the flight and layover?

And also, do you have to use your per diem for hotels and food etc or can you keep it?

Last thing, What Plane is to replace the 757?

Answer 1

they get paid for everything.

Answer 2

Go to college.  You will regret not going later in life.  This is a very competitive field.  Having a college degree is necessary, unless you have some good contacts.  You can start flight training now, but keep in mind that any flying job, like your first flight instructor job, will typically require recent flight time.  Thus, if you get all your ratings now, make sure you keep logging flight time so when you graduate, you have recent experience.  I've seen people do it either way.  Personally, I'd get college out of the way first, but that's just me.

To answer your question, airline pilot's get paid their hourly rate for flight time only, however, they will get paid per diem for every hour they are away from base.  Some airlines are different, like some non-US ones, but that's generally how it works.

PS. You say you won't do anything else besides flying.  Most airline pilots said that at one point.  Many of those are now doing other things.  Things happen.  Have a backup plan.

Answer 3

I'm not a pilot but I know a lot of them.I'm not sure about getting paid on layovers but I'm almost sure they don't have pay for there rooms.The plane that will replace the 757 and probably 767 is the 787.

Answer 4

Per diem for hotels? No such thing. If you find yourself paying for a hotel with your per diem, something is wrong. Yes, you can pocket your per diem, if you want to.  

I get paid same amount whether I'm flying or sitting (or sleeping) in a hotel, or whether I'm in an FBO, in a restaurant, shopping, sightseeing, or doing whatever. But then I'm not 121. Have seen guys make $1000 a day for hanging out. If you're into 121 and don't know what "trip rig" and "duty rig" are (hint: search those terms), then you're not really into 121.

Answer 5

If you don't want to go to school any more, at least make sure you take some writing/grammar classes.

Good luck to you.

Answer 6

You are paid an hourly wage per flight hour, and your company will have a base number of hours that you are paid per month whether you fly that much or not.  75 flight hours a month was common, now 80 is common... so if you were making $20 an hour x 80 hours a month you make $1,600 a month (before taxes, uniform deductions, and any other company nicks)  then you will get per diem.. say you get $1.50 an hour. Your per diem starts when your trip starts, at your sign in time 1 hour prior to departure. It is TAX FREE (about the only break you are going to get)  so you make $36.00 a 24 hour cycle (tax free)  and if you just grabbed your calculator and figured that you could make $1,000 a month TAX FREE off per diem if you were gone the *entire* month.. then you are thinking the way a pilot thinks and probablty have a future in aviation.  Your hotel rooms ARE paid by the company... they will also pay for transportation to get you to and from the hotel, to and from your base to another airport if need be... etc... Meals, laundry, room service.. X-rated movies in your room... those are YOUR responsibilities. Get a layover in JFK and want to see a Yankees game... you take care of all that.  You get weather and it takes +30 minutes each leg... you get paid for that.. *IF* you go over the 80 hours.... so if you had a schedule... that was 70 hours.. and you flew 79..  the company thanks you, but you don't get paid extra... because your pay was based on 80 hours. Now.. if you pick up "open time" trips that are not yet covered....  depending on your company/contract... that can be considered "overtime" or it can be a gamble on your part...  meaning if you have a month scheduled for 77 hours... if you pick up 3 extra hours... you get nothing.. but everything after that... you WOULD get paid extra...  so if you look at it.. and know that you are going to go over the forecast amount of flying...you can pick up open time and get extra pay. But... if you pick up that time, give up your day off... and something happens... say... a trip gets cancelled... and you are not "pay protected" for that flight...  then you LOSE those hours.. and you gave up your day off for nothing.  Complicated? It sure can be... it's a game between scheduling, dispatch, and the pilots... and it can mean a great deal of money.. particularly when you are on a higher payscale.  There are all kinds of fun things in there...  you can come in for your trip... and have the first 5 legs cancelled...   and you HAD an overtime month... now you don't. Then you go back to crew scheduling and try and pick up open trips to make up that time. Then comes seniority, and special circumstances, displacement for training...  oh it's a real game... and you either get good at it and work the system... or you just fly and take what you get.

Keep your per diem.. sure.. it's yours...  if you want to make a lunch and take it with you, and keep food in your flight bag...  to save money...  as an f/o  you will...  because eating out is expensive.

Replace the 757... ?? Why?? seems to be doing a good job.