Originally Posted by
theclaw
Pilot pay in the regionals is still $hit for the type of work it is regardless of raises. No captain of an airline jet should be making less than 100K starting salary. The amount of responsibility and technical knowledge required is very high and requires a lot of work. It's you and your FO up there, nobody else. Yet most regional captains make what the average nurse makes. Don't even get me started on this FO pay.
Fighter and bomber pilots make less than 100k a year and they have way more responsibility and have much higher technical knowledge.