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Did You Know?
A UPS Captain at maximum pay on minimum monthly guarantee would earn $328,195 a year and a FedEx Captain at maximum pay on minimum monthly guarantee would earn $297,977 a year. Conversely, an Atlas Air B-747 Captain at maximum pay on minimum monthly guarantee would earn $174,579.
A second year UPS First Officer on minimum monthly guarantee would earn $186,633 a year and a second year FedEx First Officer would earn $169,448 a year. Conversely, an Atlas Air second year B-747 First Officer on minimum monthly guarantee would earn $81,840 a year.
UPS and FedEx are both large global shipping companies and their pilots negotiate directly with the parent company. Atlas is an ACMI company that negotiates with a separate company who then competes for contracts. It’s basically the regional game with much bigger planes. Some of the planes the company owns, some they simply staff for others, but at the end of the day, Atlas is dependent on contracts to provide lift for another company. Comparing the differences in purple and brown to Atlas is apples to oranges. You should compare Atlas to Kalitta and other heavy lift ACMI companies. There will still be a discrepancy, but it will be more realistic.