I'm pretty new here, but not sure why someone would not consider per diem compensation. Per diem varies among the airlines, so companies that give $1.90/hr provide more money than one that gives $1.65/hr. That sounds like a monetary perk to me.

Ask someone that is paying for their own health insurance if health benefits should be considered compensation...I think the answer would be a firm yes. Otherwise, that is money coming out of your pocket and a penny saved is a penny earned.

I do agree that on first glance, the ad could fool someone to believe that the salary is nearly $60K a year since you have to click on the banner to see how it's actually broken down. However, highlighting the value of the entire compensation package is fairly standard and a good way of comparing apples to apples. RAH could have taken it several steps further and put down the monetary value of the iPad, uniforms, LuggageWorks bag, ATP-CTP, etc., but I think they kept it to industry standard on what connotes compensation.

I did not see any lies in the ad. It would have been disingenuous only if they had not broken down the items/values that make up the stated dollar figure. My $.02.