Originally Posted by
zondaracer
A year ago, Skywest paid $24/hr. Last July it went up to $30/hr. The day Republic declared bankruptcy, first year pay went up to $36.50. A first year pilot at Skywest can gross $40,000 their first year, but that's working a lot.
I credited just over 900 hours my first year and made about $21,000. Second year had almost the same exact hours but made about $35k Block hours for both years was around mid 500. Not much open time to pick up in those days and not much flying done on reserve days.
First year pay is now higher than what my 2nd year pay was but about $1.50, so you would probably be close to $40k without having to fly too much.