Originally Posted by
Airhoss
Nope your first year pay is not remarkably similar today as compared to mine in 1997. Not even close, not to mention we had to pay for our own housing during initial training, all reserve was short call, just to name a couple of other things that have been dramatically improved.
I always tipped and you can too, don’t be “that” guy.
I got hired in 2000 at $24/hr. Call it $24K. I ran it through an inflation calculator and that's equivalent to just $40,070.24 today. During most of the last 22 years, there wasn't much inflation.
I always tipped as a halfwinger and I survived.
I've also been furloughed twice for almost 9 years total, on LTD for 3 years for cancer, and upgraded at the first opportunity ~18 1/2 years after I got hired.
Everyone has a financial sob story to tell. However, pilot financial sob stories are much more trivial than the financial sob stories of van driver and other service workers who work for tips.