Originally Posted by preludespeeder

They are talking about median income bla, not mean income. They are two very different measures of stats. I suggest you go reread the post and find where 1 seat explained it.

On another note, if you want to start talking about mean incomes, that is no way to base pay for pilots. The pay scales are to diverse to accurately measure what pilot pay is really like. The only true mean stat you could come up with is to compare first year pays, second year pays, and so on. That gives an idea of what pilot pay is like as the years progress. You would also have to separate captains and FO because they also differ.

Another way to explain how mean is inaccurate is to look at two different scenarios. First one is an airline that has only been in business for 5 years. If you took the mean income for the pilots that would be very low because the most senior pilot only has been there five years. Second airline has been in business 20 years and all the pilots have been there for ten years min. That mean is very high when compared, they have the same pay scales in this though.

just my borrowed two cents though