Unfortunately, airline management is counting on guys like you who are willing to jump ship from instructing to work for $15-$19 hr. HSLD posted a great slide scale about wages. You can expect to earn less than minimum wage working for an airline for the amount of time you put in . . . But you get to brag that you fly jets. Right now there is more prestige driving Dump Trucks for Waste Management than there is being a pilot for an airline.