Originally Posted by Taco280AI

Was just thinking about all the people who want a living wage at $15/hr.
$15hr x 40hrs x 52 weeks = $31,200 a year for a burger flipper

According to this website Horizon pays a first year FO $31 per flight hour. The calculator below it says at $31hr and 75 hours a month you'll get $2325. Now I don't know what else is added on to that, per diems or whatever, but if it were $2325 a month ($27,900 a year) the person on the intercom asking if you want fries with that gets paid more money then the Horizon Air pilot!

Hmmm, I wonder why there is a pilot shortage at the regionals...




I'm sure that math will be off a bit, but bottom line is they don't pay enough. I bet if regionals started off around $75k there wouldn't be a shortage.