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Old 08-12-2017, 02:24 PM
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andry754
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Originally Posted by Utah View Post
#1 Supply and demand.

#2. Working conditions, work rules in Asia.. more than likely suck compared to the U.S. You have to pay more for people to put up with and stick around for stuff like that.

#3 Pilots here are willing to work for less in order to gain experience for the better jobs. -- And this is probably the main reason.

It's pretty easy for regional pilots to make 50K a year. 100k for a captain is easy also. Stick around for a while and the pay goes to 120-150K.
I know there is no place like home, and that there will always be pilots that will fly for cheap but that doesn't mean that every single regional airline pilot job is saturated. Their is still an enormous shortage of willing pilots to take a job that make 36k GROSS a year. so why not bump up the NET starting salary to increase the demand of filled pilot seats?
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