Originally Posted by
theoriginalturk
Exactly, too many people on here and especially on Reddit need to understand the compensation during their time at the regionals to properly understand the risks of flying as a career.
Figure regional first officer you make 50-60K.
You might be able to game the system and work a ton of OT to get your pay into the 90’s… but if you have a spouse that will speed up the AIDS divorce as they realize you’re now literally never home and you’ll end up with 35-40K after you split everything, so factor that in.
Captains prob make 90-150K.
I’m not a regional pilot, but believe this to be accurate. Someone feel free to chime in if I’m way off