Originally Posted by
adler
For what it's worth the milage pay adds up quick when they're busy. Years ago, before the pay raises, I think my first year FE salary was ~35K, and I ended up close to doubling that with the milage pay.
We had Convair pilots making over 100K in the 90's, you had no life , you were perpetually fatigued under the old Pt. 125 regs, but the airplanes were well maintained, and you were well compensated: )