First airline pilot paycheck

[outtahere]

Hey that is exciting! For most of the people that didn't come in on the KY express to an airline job and actually had to put forth alot of effort begging time and flight instructing that first paycheck is a relief. You finally realize the culmination of that effort and it is entirly worth it. However you soon learn that it is also fun to b!tch and moan about the job that you love and would never leave. B!tching is stiched in to a pilots DNA, ask my wife. Anyway congratulations and welcome.

 

[wmuflyguy]

You are aware that non-Riddlers have the same access to those internships, right? Anyone who meets the requirements can apply and get accepted. I went to UT majoring in business while working on my CFI and was accepted into three pilot internships in 2003. Beat out a couple of Riddlers, too .

True that. I'm not a Riddler and got an internship that led to a job. Did the CFI thing too. Congrats nonetheless.

 

[BankAccount=0$]

I was pretty stoked to get my first airline check too.......untill I realised that after busting my AZZ for 6 weeks in training those stupid mother f-ers at CINTAS would be getting the lions share of the loot I worked so hard to earn..... For that alone I say F-U CINTAS, F-U and your god damn uncomfortable polyester pants that squish my nuts all day long....... Why do your crappy uniform pants spot up when they get water on them, why do they have so much plastic in them that the sun glares off of them and blind me in the cockpit. The icing on the cake is when they sew those nice grommets for your wings on your shirt too close together. Thanks CINTAS, now my crappy uniform is worse than when you started with it in the first place........

Rant Over..............

 

[dwstl2327]

haha, god this is a damn funny post... what i thought when i got that first check was...hey HR, i think someone forgot a few numbers, what am i going to do with this crummy ass thing, whipe my ass? then i started to stare at it, and guess what that doesnt work either.. the numbers stay the same. oh well

 

[FN FAL]

Nope - not all interns are bottom feeders. At least where I worked, the company was so thankful for what we were doing to help them that they sort of took us in as family.

Come to pappa little boy, come to pappa!








Hahahahahahahah...:beer:

 

[Going2Baja]

1988 Scenic $200 (2 weeks after taxes) - furloughed three days later.

2002 NWA last airline paycheck - $3600 (2 weeks after taxes.)

2006 Most recent paycheck - $2500 (10 days in 6 weeks of charter, 6 weeks late.)

Times have REALLY changed!

Baja.

 

[Going2Baja]

what i thought when i got that first check was...hey HR, i think someone forgot a few numbers, what am i going to do with this crummy ass thing, whipe my ass?

Did all of you not know to the penny what your pay checks were going to be before you signed on the W2 dotted line? This seems very foreign to me......

Baja.

 

[FN FAL]

Did all of you not know to the penny what your pay checks were going to be before you signed on the W2 dotted line? This seems very foreign to me......

Baja.

Zactly.

 

[blzr]

Hey....

Just a word to change that gray atmosphere that too often sits in the regional forum.....

I received this week, my first Airline Pilot paycheck, and I am very proud of it. Not that I have SJS or anything (which I don't), it's just that this check represents a lot to me...a great accomplishment, like my first solo kind of. It's not a lot of money as you may figure, but it means a lot!
I am still in training, I love it everyday, and I will wear that uniform with great pride.
I know this industry is not what it used to be...but I still think that the cockpit beats any office job (it has the best view).

Good luck y'all!

ps: express your thought on your first airline pilot paycheck here...

Ahhhh... Brings to mind an old saying.....

If you pay peanuts, you hire monkeys....

 

[blzr]

What am I saying, pas the bananas

 

[Captain Overs]

Congratulations. Now go and get changed so you're not late for your pizza delivery job.

 

[jeroom]

So what about the paychecks you earned when you flight instructed, flew skydivers, hauled freight?!?! Were those not worthy too???





Or did you just skip over all that nonsense?!?!?


Smells like SJS to me!

Whatever....

Didi you read my post ?

I am talking about airline paycheck...not CFI, skydiver or else...
I have been a CFI before, Glider tow pilot, glider pilot, hot air balloon pilot and Corporate pilot as well on twin piston before what I do now...so, please! keep your SJS ******************** out of my thread
Thanks

 

[fsworld]

Did all of you not know to the penny what your pay checks were going to be before you signed on the W2 dotted line? This seems very foreign to me......

Baja.

Thats what I love about every regional pilots out there. You would think that they all came into this job knowing that they were flying for Delta 20 years ago. But no, every single one of us knew exactly what the pay was and exactly what the contract said.

Maybe only a few of us were bright enough to actually look into these things before we started. Or better yet, maybe too many people (the ones who talk about sjs) had sjs and didnt look into the details.

 

[tarp]

je....

I know you want happy and upbeat but sadly as a now bystander of the airline world, I must report that you are just about at the top of the first hill on the roller coaster.

You're thinking you've died and gone to pilot heaven.

In about six months you will look back and just shake your head. In two years, you'll be wondering how in the heck you could have messed up so bad. And after the first furlough, you'll wish your degree was in something else and that you hadn't got addicted to the view out the front of an airliner.

But let me return you to your moment of glory - yep, it felt really great. Someone is paying you to fly a jet powered aircraft. You survived all those classes and IOE. Your parents and friends are dazzled that they actually know someone who flies an airliner.

Enjoy it while you can.

All the way down this first big hill and up the next one is a sheer blast. But I remember riding a cheap little roller coaster at an old New Jersey amusement park. The first three or four dips and turns were fantastic - but at the end of the ride was this series of little bumps that pratically busted your a$$ and then the ride just flattened out and stopped at the station.

That is the best analogy I can make of my 7 year regional airline career.

Have a nice ride. Take pictures. Archive your emails. It really helps in not making the same mistake twice.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

It's called a Honeymoon, and it will be over shortly. Enjoy it while you can.

 

[punkpilot48]

And after the first furlough, you'll wish your degree was in something else and that you hadn't got addicted to the view out the front of an airliner.

Hmm not true. Go cry in your soup somewhere else buddy. Let the guy have his moment.

 

[aviatrix]

Whatever....

Didi you read my post ?

I am talking about airline paycheck...not CFI, skydiver or else...
I have been a CFI before, Glider tow pilot, glider pilot, hot air balloon pilot and Corporate pilot as well on twin piston before what I do now...so, please! keep your SJS ******************** out of my thread
Thanks

OK, and yes, I didi read your post! Your giddiness about such nominal amounts of compensation led to me to believe you were among the many low-time, academy geeks floating around here that we all get tired of listening to!

So you got a paycheck.......whoop-de-doo!!! There are pilot veterans out there right now who are losing their paychecks faster than you can stall a plane!!!! I can guarantee your little paycheck is much less than what should be compensated in this industry.............and continues to get worse and worse!!! Dont celebrate it, help us all in collectively bringing it back up!!! :beer:

 

[OrionFE]

Frame it like they do with the first $1 bill that you make. You probably won't miss not cashing it. LOL

Congrats!

 

[zawillif]

If the people that whined and cried on this site put half as much energy into other things they could change their life. I'm so sick of the negativity here. I look at my friends who are working 50-60 hours a week at an entry level business position, make only slightly more than me, have little free time, and can't travel anywhere. Meanwhile I work 3 days a week and travel every single week I have days off. The other days I'm not traveling I'm working on my secondary income (investments). If you don't like your company or even this industry, LEAVE!!! Work on your investment portfolio, start a small business, get a new job, take online classes towards a masters, do something other than whine and complain and cry and complain and piss and moan like a little school-girl.

Now that I've vented, congrats on your first paycheck. I know it wasn't much but congrats and good luck on making more money.

 

[fatdumbandhappy]

First pay check: -$59,712 ( $288 - $60,000+ in debt)