Originally Posted by
Pilatus801
It truly boggles my mind that an FO could have been paid roughly $20k for their first year to fly multi million dollar planes with dozens of souls on board. it truly defies logic.
Typically many of those FO's haven't go the experience, chops, or qualifications to merit much more, and they're a dime a dozen. That's why. That, and they sought the path of least resistance that paid the lowest wage.