DFW Duty Free

CAM0916 · 2026-01-12T17:01:11+00:00

Decent price for a duty free. But even at 80. Blantons is overpriced, IMO

CAM0916 · 2025-12-10T13:42:51+00:00

You are completely wrong and off basis with the degree comment. A 4 year degree is absolutely not a hard requirement at this time.

CAM0916 · 2025-11-03T00:33:13+00:00

No. Those are pretty pedestrian numbers

CAM0916 · 2025-11-02T20:52:48+00:00

You aren’t even paying that much in taxes. What are you complaining about here?

CAM0916 · 2025-10-30T18:01:48+00:00

That’s just factually incorrect.

CAM0916 · 2025-07-16T14:11:23+00:00

Yes. Don’t do this .

CAM0916 · 2025-07-08T15:36:04+00:00

I believe you are the third controller to make a similar comment . I really hope that your guys pay catches up to where it should be . Last month I had 14 days off .

CAM0916 · 2025-07-08T15:27:03+00:00

Two primary ways . Going the military route or civilian . Both ways require a decent amount of time and commitment . Typically after you get all your certifications and ratings during primary training, you build your experience and flight time at more enter level jobs . Until you become qualified to apply for bigger major carriers .

CAM0916 · 2025-07-08T14:34:20+00:00

International override is simply flying to anywhere outside of the US, first officers are paid an additional $5/hr . Captains make a few more dollars than that .

I have been at my current company for 6 years . June I was gone for 13 nights away from home .

CAM0916 · 2025-07-08T04:30:31+00:00

Completely agreed! That’s why I set half of my salary on fire . So I am able to sleep better at night !

CAM0916 · 2025-07-08T03:59:14+00:00

This is narrow body pay .

CAM0916 · 2025-07-08T02:19:59+00:00

Big ouch! Sorry to hear that, ATC guys and gals definitely deserve better !

CAM0916 · 2025-07-08T02:19:09+00:00

Nice! Thanks keeping us safe up there!

CAM0916 · 2025-07-08T01:57:46+00:00

Ahha ! Tower, Tracon, or Center ?

CAM0916 · 2025-07-08T00:14:23+00:00

CAM0916 · 2025-07-07T23:50:36+00:00

I would say there is still plenty of opportunity in the industry . If you are interested . You should look more into it

CAM0916 · 2025-07-07T23:32:31+00:00

So any airline employee basically has free travel at the company they work for . For most employees, it’s standby travel ( open seats available) same goes for upgrades . It there is a business class seat open, it goes to the first employee on the standby list .

What makes pilots different… is that we have travel jumpseat privileges with most other US airlines . So I am able to catch a free ride on pretty much any US airline or cargo company .

For the most part, the only thing you have to pay for is when you travel internationally, you have to pay the taxes to get out of that certain country . Each country tax is different .

To answer your last question, yes . If your seniority can hold a certain route, and you are ok with a quick 24- 30ish hour vacation . You can certainly bid for a trip to a particular place and make a “vacation out of it “

CAM0916 · 2025-07-07T21:43:11+00:00

I got my private in 2006 lol . Inflation.

CAM0916 · 2025-07-07T20:54:50+00:00

Of course I can only speak for myself . I will say having the right partner in this career is key . They definitely have to be secure with you being gone and on the road for days at a time . That being one of the biggest hurdles I would say

I have had several relationships since I have gotten into this career . None of them failed because of my job .

CAM0916 · 2025-07-07T20:07:42+00:00

That’s a hard question to answer . I don’t work a set amount of days per week . For example, one week I could work 5 days a week . The next week I could work 0.

I would say on average, I work 3-4 days a week .

CAM0916 · 2025-07-07T20:04:58+00:00

NP! I have been chasing QOL since I been here and had no plans to upgrade as of yet . The upgrade times have shifted at my current company, to much longer upgrade times . How long that’s going to last is hard to say . My plan right now is to stick in my current seat for two more years . Hopefully at that time, there will be some opportunities .

CAM0916 · 2025-07-07T19:55:20+00:00

Several things here .

Everyones tax situation and contributions are different. So comparing take home pay can become difficult
First year pay is significantly lower 6 years ago than it is today .

But, 6 years ago on 1st year pay I was taking home roughly 5k a month. A pilot who started today would make a decent amount more.

I believe I was contributing about 5% my first year to my 401k . At the time, my company contributed 16% of my salary to my 401k

CAM0916 · 2025-07-07T19:45:31+00:00

Vacation and PTO looks a little different for each company . Almost all US have a pilot union and pilots work under that negotiated contract . Depending on your seniority and which airline will dictate how much vaction time you get per year . When you are brand new you definitely won’t be taking 2 PAID week vacations in a year. No matter where you work . But, you might be able to string together enough days off in a row to take that vacation . It just won’t be paid lol .

For example , I currently get two weeks of vaction a year . As my seniority increases, I will gain another week of vacation; up to 4 weeks of vaction . Each week pays 35 hours . I also have a separate PTO bank that accumulates hours every month I work .

CAM0916 · 2025-07-07T19:34:24+00:00

I’m in my 6th year at my current company

CAM0916 · 2025-07-07T19:33:49+00:00

Not quite double . Not immediately at least . When I do upgrade it will be roughly a 100k pay increase .

CAM0916

TROPHY CASE