Originally Posted by Slick111

Just to add fuel to the fire,......

* On a 1 hour flight in a 50 seat aircraft, (assuming an airplane full of revenue passengers), a first year First Officer (i.e. XJT) is paid 43 cents per seat. If it's a 67 seat airplane, every passenger contributes a mere 34 cents to the co-pilot for that same 1 hour flight.
* Same scenareo and a 5 year co-pilot; 82 cents of every passengers fare goes to the co-pilot on a CRJ 200. It falls to 64 cents per seat on the CRJ 700.
* At the top of the XJT CRJ 700 F/O payscale, (18 years) each passenger seat contributes a whopping 70 cents per hour to the co-pilot.
* 5 year Captain makes $1.36 per seat in the 200 but falls to $1.06 in the CRJ 700.

A regional airline could *DOUBLE* pilot pay by adding about $2.00 to the price of every ticket. And here's the dirty little secret that management won't admit: at the same time.........they could *DOUBLE* or *TRIPLE* their number of pilot applicants!

But hey,....that might cut into management bonuses, so let's not think along those lines. We'd rather see the airline fold than dig into our bonus structures.

$2.00!