Originally Posted by
Semaphore Sam
There ARE options. Overseas carriers are offering 150-180k per annum. Many complaining pilots with long commutes, lousy QOL, just waiting for the Great Mainline Job, may get hired and see that Great Mainline company go bankrupt a few years later. Why wait for speculative goodies, when they are available now...good pay, no commuting, good travel benefits, free lodging, much better schools available than public US schools, no tax on the first 85k of wages, etc etc. What's the attraction of Regional flying here over what's available overseas? I guess it's not as bad here as people make out. Sam
150K is awfully high for ex-pat RJ drivers. I've seen 80K-110K depending on locale. And the higher end of the range is for places your wife doesn't want to go to.
Besides, my family is all here in the states. If wanted to ho myself out overseas I'd take a job with Xe or whatever they call themselves this week. They pay $1,000... per day.