Originally Posted by
theskyisclear
Don't shoot yourself in the foot by saying you are satisfied with the 135 salary. You are worth much more and should be paid much more and much more than a 121 start FO. I preffer lower salary working as FO than better pay as a 135 PIC working 10 times more and under terrible conditions. I am not willing to sell my safety values for some 135 DO wants to make a few extra dollars so I know after have worked as 135 PIC that 135 is not for me but I take my hat of for the ones that fly 135 because I have been there and done it and know what it takes.
Where's my gun, because I'm more than satisfied with my salary. I'm getting $40k/yr pay right now to fly a C-310. Now do you want to compare my tasty oranges to your sour grapes?
Here's once again another issue, I like to stay positive on. Now our new guys only get $27k/yr pay, with a generous pay rate increase at your 6-mo. check ride. So yeah, its' a lower level professional job, but our equipement isn't the worst out there either to make it hell. All but one of our planes is IFR GPS. 50% have Radar, 25% have a strike finder. The other ones if you're flying into weather, you can use the Garmin 396 w/ XM weather. I'm sorry for all those that have "bad" experience in the 135 world, but in the end, I guarantee you'll agree that it made you a better pilot regardless.