Originally Posted by
Qotsaautopilot
Define **** ton. What I do know is I have to work a decent amount of premium to make what my legacy counterparts make on guarantee at the same longevity on the same jet. That’s not including what they can make in profit sharing or on a wide body. Then I can’t even touch it. FedEx guys now that’s making money.
And just like 20 years ago when $100k seemed like a lot it was really just a nice living. That’s about what $250k is now. A nice living. It doesn’t even pay the yearly property taxes on the houses less than two miles away from my dump. And those are second homes even. Those people are making a true **** ton and there are a lot of them. This is peanut compared to the big boys.
$250k might be just a nice living to you, but to the average individual median income of about $40k*, that's rich! Of course that $250k really depends where in the country you live. In parts of Cali, if you're LAX based, it isn't much. Commute in from somewhere and that $250k might get you a big baller house with a ton of disposable income. I never expected to get rich from flying, I do it because there isn't another career I'd rather do. There's other professions that will get a ton of nice toys and homes, but I don't know if I'd enjoy doing them.
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State of Working America Wages 2019: A story of slow, uneven, and unequal wage growth over the last 40 years | Economic Policy Institute (epi.org)