Originally Posted by
rvr1800
I hate to be the bearer of bad news here but the average first year pay for United, American, Delta, Alaska, and Hawaiian is $53/hour.
Not sure where you get $53. Averaging those five airlines, even with Hawaiian's outlier rate, I get $60.60.
By airline size…
American - $78
DAL - $70
United - $66
SouthWest - $57
JetBlue - $49
Alaska - $53
Spirit - $38
Frontier - $37
Hawaiian - $36