Originally Posted by
Frank717
This is true. Seriously, congratulations, I know it’s a good income by US standards. But, by industry standards, that’s base pay for a wide body Captain. Of course their is purple and brown, where that kind of flying would bet you over 500k, but Atlas or K4 would have paid out over 350+ for that much work.
At the end of the day, do you feel you deserve more? Since you could walk on to most airlines with your experience? If so, demand it.
Since you mention Atlas and K4, were these pay rates valid in year 7 of these companies’ existence or did it take them years and multiple contracts to get to the current salary level ? No one is arguing that WGA pay is lower than other ACMIs (adjustments have been recently made and hopefully more to come), comparing a fairly young company to an already established one is apples and oranges. Some choose to be on the road 18-20 days, fly 50-60 hours and be a part of a new, growing team, while some like 16 days and 90-100 hours with an already established company and a higher salary. In today’s aviation industry we all have choices.