Originally Posted by
A330Pilot
See, these numbers need to be closer to $200k without having to try to hard...Normal line FO's flying 80 hours a month with 15 days off...This should be the minimum standard..I personally think that a starting salary of $160,000 a year as a first year FO is fair...Normal FO pay should go to $250,000 and Captains should make $360,000-$400,000...20% towards the retirement plan....This is where we were supposed to be in terms of pay for the U.S. Legacy Carriers...Still lacking because no real retirement plan in place - A Fund,etc...
That's low pay in any regard, I have a friend at Skywest in the USA thats made 360K already...
OOPS...That was for 10 years.