SAAb I work at the same place you do and I am not going to make anywhere near $40000 for the year might make 23000 before taxes after payroll deductions for uniforms and taxes much much less. It is a joke and I bet you are working extra picking up red flag and giving up QOL if at $34/hr you ar making 40k and pinnical pay isn't that high for an FO. I agree the future looks very bright for us as Airline pilots. We have to take what is ours though. This means when everyone’s next contract is up we need all the majors and regional to bounce back pre 9/11 pay plus inflation and then some and get better work rules. I am still on reserve and I love my job but I am sure it will be much better once I am a line holder and can't get abused. Our contract is one of the best in the industry but we still get abused. I couldn't imagine working at a place like mesa or other places with their work rules. SAAB I believe you made a lateral move to get to express. Was it do to QOL and why should you have to do that? Another problem is pilots as a whole flying an E-jet basically a DC-9 with the 190 and 170 replacing mainline route for less pay because it is at a regional and doesn’t say Boeing. Making less flying one of those than guys flying a 50seater with worse work rules would be embarrassing to me. I hope we can all stick together as a pilot group in the years to come and get this profession back to its old glory.

There is no job I would rather have than being an airline pilot but I think carriers need to raise rates and pilot need to stop paying for every 2 bit hillbilly who wants a $99 round trip to Ft. Myers.

Jason