Pilot job #1 pay for starters?

[RJ Bum]

great letter chase. It wouldn't hurt to mention that unlike most other careers, once we change companies for any reason, we have the pleasure to become "first year" pilots all over again, and again, and again....

 

[Tail Gunner Joe]

I cut, pasted and email "Cale42" letter and recieved this response:

Thanks for your highly detailed message. I do consider myself a career
information expert, and part of being an expert is knowing when to acknowledge
that I have been wrong. I explained the nature of my error in a blog a few weeks
ago. You can read it at http://www.fastcompany.com/1595216/beginning-wages-of-airline-pilots.
If you know anyone else who noticed the error in the original posting, please
call my correction to the attention of that person.

Laurence Shatkin, PhD
Senior Product Developer
JIST Publishing

 

[thruthemurk]

My hat is off to you guys taking the time to write and send thoughtful letters rather than just bitching on Flight Info.

A nod as well to the author who reacted to your inputs and printed a retraction on his blog.

 

[cale42]

I cut, pasted and email "Cale42" letter and recieved this response:

Thanks for your highly detailed message. I do consider myself a career
information expert, and part of being an expert is knowing when to acknowledge
that I have been wrong. I explained the nature of my error in a blog a few weeks
ago. You can read it at http://www.fastcompany.com/1595216/beginning-wages-of-airline-pilots.
If you know anyone else who noticed the error in the original posting, please
call my correction to the attention of that person.

Laurence Shatkin, PhD
Senior Product Developer
JIST Publishing

Cool to see you got a response as I didn't, but I'm impressed the author was willing to admit some error in his findings.

What is disturbing still is that the Bureau of Labor statistics in no way take into account the seniority nature of the airlines in their statistics. The median and 10th percentile salaries are inflated now because no major airline has anyone below third year pay and many have no one below 10th year pay. It will be interesting to watch those numbers plummet once hiring(hopefully) resumes with any pace.

However I suppose that is way too much to hope for a government survey.

cale

oh, and great letter chase, more clearly written than mine, I was so angry at the guy I didn't reason out my points as well as I would have liked.