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FN FAL said:...or 29,000.00 a year like most majors?
D'Angelo said:again 29,000 is the FIRST YEAR. if you look at the big picture you more than make up for it in later years. example you will make between $50,000-65,000 yr then it keeps going up.
Cokie907 said:Wow, could you give us a list of those jobs, omniscient one? The race to the bottom has been on for years, perhaps you missed the newsflash. Good paying jobs that truly compensate pilots for the massive sacrifices they make are becoming extinct quicker than the spotted owl.
BTW- heard on a CBS news break last week that "airline pilots are in great demand these days as regional airlines expand their ranks. Pilots can earn wages UP TO 165,000 AT CERTAIN AIRLINES." I almost fell out my chair laughing my ass off! What a joke...
BOOYA said:I don't know what pilots are complaining about.
first year fo is about 19 bucks per hour x 40 hours per week x 52 weeks in a year is almost 40 grand
and a 80 dollar per hour captain is about 160 grand per year.
ya see! pilotyip is dead on the money, it still is a fantastic career.
*disclaimer the above $35k aforementioned will only come true if we opt to not institute the annual spring paycut. Again we make no guarantees, we have even warned the current newhires currently in training of this prospect. Also note, first year pay is for the first two years. Also $35k annual pay includes getting paid for 25% of the times you load the airplane b/c loading wasn't arranged for and you are able to get credit if you meet the sliding scale of requirement to get paid for the load. In other words be ready to load planes, use the super safe j-bar, toss around rolls of carpet then be told the load was 1 pound shy for loading pay requirements (using the requirements est for 1/8/06 1645z -1/8/06 1730z) please check with your cust service rep for that moments loading pay requirements.If you do not like CAL, FedEx. or UPS starting wages or you could come to work at YIP hauling boxes, we start DA-20 F/O's at 35K.
Do I need to say anything? Ok I didn't think so, it speaks for itself.Anyone can fly an airplane; there is nothing special about the skill.
Pilots are skilled labor, they are not knowledge workers.